He’s not ending anything. The Paris Accords will go on without us and with China assuming the leadership role. That can’t be a good thing.
“He’s not ending anything. The Paris Accords will go on without us and with China assuming the leadership role. That can’t be a good thing.”
How’s that a bad thing? China now gets to foot the bill for the fake science initiatives, while the US saves its funds and moves down the path of reality.
china will never sink money into solar panels without a US market... nor any other country...
bringing reality back to science will serve mankind better than this government led crisis generator.
> with China assuming the leadership role. That can’t be a good thing.
China had 2 reasons to like the treaty
1) As a developing nation, they get money from developed nations like the US
2) They will keep building whatever power plants they want while other nations agreed to limit themselves - great for China in global markets.
If we leave, China may still be able to get money from Europe. But it wouldn’t be the first time money was promised to get signatures on a climate agreement then they never got the check. It’s surprising the developing nations keep signing the agreements (of course the individuals get lots of great free travel for going along even though their country doesn’t get what was promised).
China will certainly try to keep restricting manufacturing in developed nations that are still in the treaty. That’s not necessarily a bad thing for the US.
China can’t use Paris directly to do anything “bad” to the US. Communism is a HUGE driver of the global warming movement. But I’d guess Trump decided Paris is not a good place to fight that battle. And I’d bet the reason we aren’t out already is that he’s been looking at the bigger picture and how he can use Paris in other negotiations. He learned a lot last week meeting with Europe’s leaders.