One of the pitfalls of internet conversations is that there is always context left out.
In terms of my resume for not just "believing what I'm told", I don't consider myself Republican or Democrat because I disagree with allowing a political party to tell me what to believe. After a lifetime in Mormonism, I stopped believing what I was told which was more painful than any other pain I have endured in my life. I have succeeded in running my own business after being told that I couldn't. etc. At the very least, I feel like I have a pretty good track record for not just accepting / believing what I'm told. I didn't believe in Climate Change originally because of how I was told but when I researched it with an open mind, I came to believe.
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- Don't spend money on symbolic gestures (like the Paris Accord)
- Any taxes on emissions should be spent directly to combat emissions
- Hold Big Businesses more accountable
- Use Nuclear Energy
- Factories
- Shipping Vessels
- Cities
- etc.
- The list goes on but I doubt many people are still reading at this point
During President Obama's administration there was a Government shutdown. As part of the shutdown, the Government shut down the White House tours. Then citizen, Donald Trump, offered to personally pay the expenses for White House tours to continue, President Obama refused to allow a citizen to pay for the tours because "that's not how Government works" and he wanted the people to feel the effects of the shutdown. The best way to fight climate change is to do the opposite of how Government Shutdowns are enforced. Find the ways that the the public will feel the last but have the best return on investment rather than as a means of controlling, taxing, & hindering the public.
My skin is pretty thick, but I appreciate your efforts to communicate without offending me. I assure you that I'm totally fine.
One of the pitfalls of internet conversations is that there is always context left out.