tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7206156493110150286..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: It's "Put Up or Shut Up" Time on Climate Change - and "Shut Up" Has a Big Lead Going Into the G20 SummitThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29655005281663165112017-03-14T23:23:06.635-07:002017-03-14T23:23:06.635-07:00"Virtue signaling" - there's somethi..."Virtue signaling" - there's something I guess I really should look into. Thanks, Chris.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-83478034099370018222017-03-14T22:33:26.016-07:002017-03-14T22:33:26.016-07:00Germany and the Euros have been failures at changi...Germany and the Euros have been failures at changing their emission trajectories to any sufficient degree. I (unfortunately) learned a new phrase last year: virtue signaling. I'd say nearly all of Germany's policies are climate virtue signaling. Shutting down nukes while burning biomass and keeping the coal plants open are the climate policy equivalent to Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's earnest call to combat AIDS by eating more yams instead of taking retro-viral medicine.<br /><br />The US policy is a shambles as well, but their trajectory to lower emissions per capita is lately better than the Germans' (See https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-showdown-has-the-us-uk-or-germany-done-more-to-cut-emissions ). If Trump just sits on his ass, and there continues the trend of US coal stations getting replaced by natural gas stations, then the US will continue beating Germany at lowering emissions.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.com