As US Climate Policy Stumbles Past Farce, Nothing Will Pierce The Denial Bubble. Nothing.

[diane in sf]

5. It's going to take massively ending the oil industry or getting bribes out of our politics to undo

this situation. Fortunately the economics of electric vehicles and solar and wind power with ever cheaper backup will help accomplish disempowering the oilers. I really hope it happens very soon, exponentially, like the spread of cell phones, so my neighborhood doesn't go under water in the next 30 years.

If the insurance companies and financial companies end up more powerful than the oil companies, they may help speed this process with their bought politicians. Republicans tend to be owned by arms and oil, Democrats more likely to be owned (take campaign contributions from) by financial types, which is why Democrats can push green policies.