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Elon Musk Joins CEOs Calling For US To Stay in Paris Climate Deal (bloomberg.com)
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday he would leave President Trump's Business Advisory Council if the White House withdraws from an international agreement aimed at curbing climate change. From a report: The appeals from chief executives such as Tesla's Musk, Tim Cook of Apple and Dow Chemical's Andrew Liveris come as Trump's advisers also present him with closing arguments on the potential risks and rewards of remaining a party to the global pact. Trump also got an earful from foreign leaders and Pope Francis urging him to stay in the agreement during his first international trip as president. Cook placed a call to the White House on Tuesday to urge the president to keep the U.S. in the agreement, according to a person familiar with the move. Liveris was the driving force behind a letter from 30 major company executives backing the deal. And Musk tweeted Wednesday that he has "done all I can to advise directly to" Trump. If the U.S. leaves Paris, Musk said he would drop participation in White House advisory councils. [...] Twenty-five companies, including Intel, Microsoft and PG&E, have signed on to a letter set to run as a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on Thursday arguing in favor of climate pact.
his entire business is dependent upon strict environment and pollution controls.
The fact that the diminishing of the treaty may affect world-wide popularity of electric cars would not affect Elon Musk's feelings on the subject. Not at all...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
If you don't want international agreements of the United States to be predicated on the whims of Presidents, then you should make the international agreements treaties....
Considering that seems to be the basis of all these agreements. Tax the piss out of the western world, and ignore what's going on in everyone else's, while watching them pay lip service and continue with business as normal. Yeah, I can see why the US would want to pull out. It's the same reason why the Liberals in Ontario are under a voter revolt for the same policies.
Om, nomnomnom...
It is even more stupid to ruin the climate. Especially for the US.
his is about America and what a terrible treaty this would be for America and all Americans
Yeah, it would be terrible to prevent a few hundred thousand deaths a year. Terrrible.
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I don't respond to AC's.
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I'm an edgy alt-right incel, sitting in his evil-smelling spankies in my mom's basement, typing away furiously in an attempt to impress the world with the brilliance that my tech support job has somehow convinced me that I possess.
You have missed the following points.
Pollution is a world wide issue. Pollution from the US will affect other counties because we live in the same atmosphere.
The Paris strategy is:
1. Get governments to specify their own plans to tackle Climate Change for their own country. Periodically review the plan every few years to see whether more aggressive reduction targets can be reached such as due to better technology becoming available.
2. Recognise that Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant and create a Carbon Tax so that the pollutant becomes costed into the balance sheets of companies. This allows capitalist market forces to push towards cheaper and better solutions by reducing the amount of pollutant because now there is a cost for polluting.
3. Pay compensation to countries that are affected by the pollutant. Such as loss of land due to flooding due to sea level rises.
4. Provide clean technologies to developing countries so that their fossil fuel based solutions can be replaced.
Even if you are a climate change denier, you probably wish to live without breathing in Nitrogen Dioxide gas from car fumes. The Paris strategy will also fix car emissions.
I predict that various US state governments will defy the US Federal government and those states will continue to co-operate with the Paris agreement.