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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 10:49 AM Jun 2019

How Jay Inslee would address fossil fuels

Politico

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday released his Freedom from Fossil Fuels plan, an aggressive set of proposals aimed at weaning the U.S. off the production of fuels like oil, coal and natural gas.

The plan is the presidential hopeful's fourth major climate announcement of the election cycle, following his proposals for 100% clean electricity by 2030, a $3 trillion public investment plan for climate, and a proposal to reorient U.S. foreign policy to fight climate change.

Inslee’s set of 16 policy initiatives aims to “phase out” U.S. fossil fuel production and exports completely, though it names no date to achieve that target.

The plan would ban all new fossil fuel production on public lands, which today accounts for about a quarter of U.S. carbon emissions, and establish a presidential commission of cabinet-level officials to further reduce production.
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How Jay Inslee would address fossil fuels (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2019 OP
Good. shanny Jun 2019 #1
Wouldn't the price at the pump go up substantially? MichMan Jun 2019 #2
Price may increase. BlueWI Jun 2019 #3
Too many Americans so value their comfort and convenience, built chiefly on cheap oil, Ron Green Jun 2019 #4
I love my natural gas furnace in the winter Bhkylib Jun 2019 #5
 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
1. Good.
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 10:50 AM
Jun 2019

kicking the Saudis to the curb would be an added bonus

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MichMan

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2. Wouldn't the price at the pump go up substantially?
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 12:45 PM
Jun 2019

Thinking that would not resonate well with voters at all.

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BlueWI

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3. Price may increase.
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 10:59 PM
Jun 2019

Greenhouse gases would decrease.

Or we can have cheap gas and a warming planet.

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Ron Green

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4. Too many Americans so value their comfort and convenience, built chiefly on cheap oil,
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 12:48 AM
Jun 2019

that they’ll never support any meaningful changes that might give us, and our planet, a chance.

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Bhkylib

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5. I love my natural gas furnace in the winter
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 04:50 AM
Jun 2019

I would never want to electricity in my house for heat. Gas is more affordable and it's a better heat. It lasts much longer in the house than electricity. I'm not giving up my comfort and affordability without a fight. I have family and friends with electric heat and they routinely get $300-$500 monthly heating bills in the winter. All of them complain and bitch about how expensive it is. Most of them have to be on budget plans or get help. I'm lucky my gas bills are relatively cheap so I don't need help.

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