The war in Ukraine is such an obvious illustration of the need to transition off fossil fuels -- more specifically, it highlights the urgency of passing the climate provisions in BBB. It'd be cool if Dems had a communications machine that could blast out that message.
Rather than hearing any Democrat -- much less all Democrats -- making that argument, instead everywhere I look I see Joe fucking Manchin talking about increasing domestic oil and gas production.
Think about it: in the same week, we get Russian aggression enabled by fossil fuels & an IPCC report frantically warning of the dangers of climate change. The geopolitical, economic, & moral arguments for clean-energy transition, all in a tidy package.
Think of what Fox & the RW media machine could do with a messaging opportunity that perfect. Now look at what progressives are able to make of it. There's the asymmetry I keep banging on about, yet again.
Instead, progressives place their op-eds in mainstream media newspaper opinion sections and hope for the best. (This is a really good op-ed.) sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…
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