The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA. There’s no stopping the inevitable.

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    Some sense to this - global emissions probably just peaked because China’s housing bubble burst - responsible for much more CO2 than AI/crypto, and even a communist government can’t effectively control such crashes. So no, we are not f****d, but not always saved for noble reasons.
    Also regarding crypto - how much of that was sustained by russians evading sanctions - which new team in US is likely to remove ?

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      So no, we are not f****d, but not always saved for noble reasons.

      Yeah, this statement here is likely closer to the truth than what I wrote earlier.

      Also regarding crypto - how much of that was sustained by russians evading sanctions - which new team in US is likely to remove ?

      Hmmm.

      Non noble reasons ehhhh? Does Team Trump really want to open free trade with Russia? That really goes against his platform of isolationist racists.

      I know Elon Musk wants trade with Russia for that Lithium, Aluminum and Titanium. But Trump also cannot look weak.

      Elon will have huge influence (he did appear in the Ukrainian x Trump talk after all). But officially I don’t think I’ve seen anything suggesting Elon Musk influence over foreign policy.