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A sad reminder that the MAGA wing of the Republican party continues to be against most anything that can actually help turn around climate change.

[Image description: former President Trump]

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[–] SwampYankee 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He claims environmental regulations are going to decimate (he must have just learned the word because he used it about 10 times) Michigan's auto industry, but Rivian manufactures in Michigan, among other places, and all the big US auto makers have electric vehicles.

He says Michigan doesn't make electric vehicles, but China does. So instead of encouraging development of products that will keep our auto industry globally competitive, he wants to eliminate regulations so auto makers can lazily continue making ICE vehicles and stagnate technologically. Real big brain stuff.

[–] TuckTales@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The way I see it, America has lost its 'pioneer/ spirit of innovation.' A lot of the people at the top of these companies, such as the auto industry, want to keep things the way they are because it makes them money. If big time innovation starts to creep in, if it hurts their position/ financials, that's not good for them -- even if it benefits everyone.

[–] TooTallSol@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EV proponents...I mean fanbois are still in love with China and the slave/child labor in the Congo. Nothing says "I love EVs" like genocide, concentration camps, totalitarian regimes, and slave labor of the worst kind.

[–] alyaza 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nothing says “I love EVs” like genocide, concentration camps, totalitarian regimes, and slave labor of the worst kind.

as opposed to most other production in a capitalist system, which apparently doesn't involve these things...? like, i hope you're a socialist if you're saying this because otherwise this is a toothless (and probably xenophobic!) critique.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Driven by his ridiculous regulations, electric cars will kill more than half of U.S. auto jobs and decimate the suppliers that they decimated already — decimate the suppliers and it’s going to decimate your jobs and it’s going to decimate more than anybody else, the state of Michigan. It’s is going to be decimation. It’s going to be at a level that that people can’t even imagine. The state of Michigan is going to be decimation. It’s going to be at a level that that people can’t even imagine.”

Time for bed, Grampa

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give him a break. He just learned the word "decimate."

[–] Afkargh@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Did someone give him a Word of the Day calendar?

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