Simple solutions to mitigate climate catastrophe [View all]

[yurbud]

So the IPCC says we've got 12 years to slow the worst effects of climate change.

There's not a snowball's chance in hell Trump or any Republican will do anything about it.

But if the Democrats manage to get enough votes to at least pass legislation, what would be some straight-forward ways to reduce our greenhouse gasses?

Increase tax incentives for switching to electric cars and make free charging widely available.

All new power plants must be clean energy and renewable.

I'd say rapid deployment of mass transit like the rest of the developed world has in large cities, rail-based, that doesn't have to share the road with cars, and incentives for people to use it free fares and wifi would be a good start.

Start a campaign to get people to eat less meat (or at least less beef).

What else could we do?