Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals

Small 'brained' government

No no, see it can be big as long as it works for the corporations, or, uh, we mean the people. It can be big as long as it works for the people. Wait no, that's not right either.

Nothing says small government like the bigger government telling the smaller government no.

Small oppressive sensitive grifting fascist wasteful and willfully ignorant government.

It was meant for economic stuff. Same with how they pursued "economic individualism" rather than "self expression", even if some young conservatives think otherwise.

"You WILL emit toxic fumes and you WILL like it!"

I have no idea why their property is worth anything. Well I do, ignorant boomers. That market will someday crash though, as the sea retakes everything and the majority of younger folks have no interest in moving there.

"Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?"

This way only people who can buy in cash can purchase florida properties, since they'll be uninsurable.

No more of those mortgage-needing peasants!

I didn't think they'd be that dumb and leave a loophole for net-negative policies, but holy shit:

"Net zero policy" means any policy, program, or initiative designed to achieve a balance between total amount of greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere with an equal amount removed from the atmosphere.

It literally is net-zero. Removing more CO2 than you emit is absolutely allowed.

Small enough to get anywhere it needs to be. No larger than a bullet.

I've been told that only applies to the overall federal, and that states rights are important (somehow city & counties don't have those)... oddly enough these are the same places that claim that slavery wasn't the reason for the civil war.

Let people find energy wherever they want.

Doesn't align well with fascist policy.

Florida - The Maritime State

They don't care, because Jesus is coming back.

I always remind myself of this when they do something so colossally stupid. It's small comfort, of course, but it's something.

Oil dependence is use as a of controlling the world. Renewables changes that control. Therefore Renewables must be stopped.

Not the world, just the bulk of humanity. We're cluttering the place up and ruining their nice views and beaches and such. As long as there are enough left to serve their needs she produce attractive children for them, the rest of us are quickly becoming unnecessary problems.

It is. It might not even be part of a strategy, if you look how they compuksively jack off the torment nexus.

The idea I think is to destabilize India/China and then figure it out.

I've never heard this theory please share it.

While simultaneously crying about declining fertility rates. They can't make up their fucking minds.

They will successfully target negative meters above sea level

Or when enough MAGAts drop dead fom the heat.

Well, a Republican is doing it, so I’m sure our wise and beneficent Supreme Court will have no problem finding it enforceable

Just gonna go ahead and start a landscaping/trash burning company

Sucks they're immortal super-gods.

florida murica

Its immediate gratification and profit extraction for the anyone currently able. No planting trees for the next generation that's not tied to some grift.

They aren't Christian.

The only time Christ really threatens damnation (Matthew 25), it's over the mistreatment of the poor, sick, imprisoned, and foregners.

For their king, they sure do excel at ignoring his wishes.

More of that "Just lie back and let it happen" mentality. Like they actually get indignant when people try to protect themselves from harm.

net-negative goal, still not net-zero so all good!

Fractions are non-zero: Net 10^-18^

In the path of something, maybe smaller and faster than a hurricane.

Like a an ant at the focal point of a very large magnifying glass. He'll only catch fire if he believes in physics, right?

Murica is a very weird place where folk don’t seem to get punished electorally for being an asshole.

“Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses, and American universities - and they are elected by American citizens.

This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, […] you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders.” – George Carlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBrbXOmnW70

See how few vote for ethical people like Nader, the Greens, ...

Reform has scrapping net zero as one of its main campaign points at local and national level.

Not that it’s limited to the right wing. The prime mover in the Government considering scrapping its ban on new North Sea drilling is from the unions pressuring them to do so.

Electorate? Voting? What's that??

It's truly exhausting

Not really.

"The bill also prohibits governmental entities from implementing, administering, or enforcing any program or joining any organization that has a policy of establishing limits on greenhouse gas emissions or requiring or incentivizing participation in an emissions trading program."

There's definitely language in the bill to cut off that loophole

You're new here, the established Democrats are not and have never been "far left." There is no "far left" party in this country that runs candidates all over it. So it's far right and less right parties with a few outliers that the Democrats treat like unwanted step children.

As well, what's wrong with the far left policies? Healthcare not insurance for all. UBI. Tax structure that actually affects the wealthy. Education for all including college. Stronger unions, weaker company power, more worker's rights, more consumer's rights.

For clarity, the actual political compass, left to right, in the 20th and 21st centuries:

Far left: Let's abolish governments via revolution, education, prosperity, and individual freedoms within a collective frame work. A space where everyone gets what they need and is free to pursue what they want beyond their needs, without ever having to fear being homeless or hungry because they aren't 'productive' enough. How we get there is in dispute but that center-left guy might be alright. Or too reformist. We don't know we stopped reading theory made after the 1920s. Also who cares about your immutable characteristics, we should make sure everyone is treated equitably, sure, but we should work to abolish race, gender, sex, and all traditional roles in society so we can make something better.

Center-left: Let's establish a new type of government by the people for the people in all ways, including economically wherein work is correctly assigned to be something that allows you to live life, not something wherein you live to work, a government designed to take care of the people. Maybe even someday we can have a society advanced enough it won't need a central government. Also immutable characteristics are protected, though we can't always agree on what's immutable.

Center: Let's reform capitalism again and hope it works this time, but gay people are okay and I guess blacks are people now, but as long as the rich stay rich who cares who the poors fuck or what colour they are. And fine you can have healthcare... as long as the UbermI mean Capitalists don't lose revenue. I guess we can just raise taxes to pay those capitalists whatever they ask so they don't lose too much money.

Center-right: Reform capitalism? Hell no. Capitalism is fine the way it is and the only reason it isn't better is because the government interferes with the Ubermench's right to rule how they see fit. Clearly if you're not rich you're not worthy of being rich, otherwise you'd be rich, so why would we listen to you? Also blacks are even lower class than poor whites and gays go against God.

Far-right: Capitalism? Oh you poor little untermench. The ruling class has no need for the illusion of capital. We know you're inferior. You know you're inferior. We know we're going to exterminate you while pretending we're deporting you. You know we're going to exterminate you while pretending we're deporting you. After all with how dirty you've made the blood of the nation you know you don't belong here and should be punished. Why even worry about it. Just give us the keys to power and we'll make sure to kill you after the communists in the far left. Then the socialists in the center-left. Those in the center and center-right will never rebel against us, in fact historically they're the only ones that have ever put us in power. That's a majority of ideologies rooting for us, at least when the alternative is you untermenches getting together and pretending you're equal to your superiors.

There is no Far left politician in power in the United States. There has never been a far left politician in power in the united states. There have been fewer than 40 center-left politicians in power in the totality of US history, and most of them died before you were born. You can name maybe 3 if you're really into New York politics.

Every other politician has been center to far-right, with over 80% of all politicians at all levels of government in US history having been center-right. This includes all parties. Especially democrats.