(01-21-2021 08:51 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

(01-21-2021 04:59 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(01-21-2021 04:37 PM)mrbig Wrote:  If the Paris Climate agreement was named the Pittsburgh Climate agreement, what would Ted Cruz do (WWTCD)?

Nothing. I'm betting the Pennsylvania coal miners would have shut down the proceedings.

According to this, in 2019 there were only 5,432 coal miners in Pennsylvania. Are they really that powerful of a demographic in a state with a population of 12.8 million? And climate accord isn't trying to close all coal mines tomorrow or next year. Plenty of time to slowly retrain some of those employees to install solar/wind or to learn other trades while many still work in the industry as it winds down. Some of them will certainly retire before all the coal jobs could conceivably close. Or perhaps new carbon capture technologies will become available that will make coal cost-competitive.

And this just adds to why I am saying Cruz is making a disingenuous argument. It’s a talking point that is only backed up by the points others insert into it, based on how they feel about the accords.

Ted Cruz is the absolutely worst.