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What makes you think the economy is being crippled? Current US unemployment rate is 3.9%. The 2023 US GDP is $26.24 trillion, up 9.2% over last year. The Consumer Price Index is up 3.7% over the last year. The Producer Price Index is up 1.014% over the last year.I think you misunderstand. Venus is also a victim of the greenhouse effect quite apart from any human activity. My position lies more along the lines of not excluding other causations that we may have no control over whatsoever. I believe we are moving at a good pace towards the retirement of hydrocarbon combustion and I don't really believe that if we were to stop all of it tomorrow it would make much of a difference in what's going to happen over the next century.
I think the current renewables program will provide a good stepping stone to what will most likely become a fusion supplied grid. In the meantime I'm having trouble justifying the crippling of the economy in the name of transition.