I think there will be a bipartisan push for climate engineering far sooner. Within the next decade or so maybe. If I’m right - the first sign will be in less than five years when some billionaire like Bill Gates has a one hour special program on MNSBC or similar. The theme presented by the concerned but upbeat billionaire will be “we got this” when it comes to climate change. It’ll be utter bullshit but you have to get the normies used to the idea that climate engineering tech isn’t scary - not at all(!) - and blocking out the sun a bit is no biggie. And - of course - the US plan will be 100% unilateral so it will fail even before the first dollar is spent.
Your timeline might be closer to the truth, we will know if the Chud Contingent begins accepting the reality of climate change in the next couple years. When Fox News starts blaming hurricanes and migrants on a changing climate it is gonna get dangerous very quick.
You would need bipartisan acceptance of anthropic climate change and IDK if that is gonna happen in the next decade, not after 50 years of oil funded propaganda. I think we will need to be well into the “find out” phase of climate catastrophe with crop failures before the average Red State politician acknowledges the reality of carbon emissions and is willing to sign onto any substantive mitigation efforts; but Republican politicians skew younger and younger people see this as a major issue, so it is possible.
You would need bipartisan acceptance of anthropic climate change
I don’t think so. I think the GOP can keep saying shit like “the science is unclear”. Thinking it over more - maybe even a massive and insane die-off of sea creatures off Maine isn’t nearly enough. Maybe it’ll take something very weird for the GOP to finally change.
A forested area the size of Maryland could burn in California and the GOP would laugh. But something popped into my head. Imagine there’s a biblical plague-like amount of rain over weeks in a very red state like Alabama.
The locals say it probably hasn’t rained this much in that time span in 100s of years. Scientists say the rain might be a one in 1,000 year event. And then there are a few ginormous mudslides that coincidentally happens in a way that kill more than 100 people. The GOP keeps on saying “Climate change isn’t really manmade.” But they change their tune a little. “Still - it’s happening and it’s getting bad. We better control the weather.”
Trump - of course - is the keystone. Trump might put his two oldest sons on the board of EvilCorp’s ClimateSolutions. And Trump might end up reaping hundreds of millions (even more?) in the bargain. If he changed his mind that climate change is a problem and it must be “fixed” - his hogs be very confused at first but they’ll quickly change what they think to follow his line. After all - he’s their prophet-god-cult-leader all in one.
Imagine there’s a biblical plague-like amount of rain over weeks in a very red state like Alabama. The locals say it probably hasn’t rained this much in that time span in 100s of years. Scientists say the rain might be a one in 1,000 year event. And then there are a few ginormous mudslides that coincidentally happens in a way that kill more than 100 people.
Already happened in WNC, and the Republican response was that the hurricane was created/controlled by Democrats using Jewish Space Lasers to kill off Republican voters. That might get old after a few more super-storms, though.
I agree with what you said but not this…
I think there will be a bipartisan push for climate engineering far sooner. Within the next decade or so maybe. If I’m right - the first sign will be in less than five years when some billionaire like Bill Gates has a one hour special program on MNSBC or similar. The theme presented by the concerned but upbeat billionaire will be “we got this” when it comes to climate change. It’ll be utter bullshit but you have to get the normies used to the idea that climate engineering tech isn’t scary - not at all(!) - and blocking out the sun a bit is no biggie. And - of course - the US plan will be 100% unilateral so it will fail even before the first dollar is spent.
STEP AWAY FROM THE LAITHE!
Your timeline might be closer to the truth, we will know if the Chud Contingent begins accepting the reality of climate change in the next couple years. When Fox News starts blaming hurricanes and migrants on a changing climate it is gonna get dangerous very quick.
You would need bipartisan acceptance of anthropic climate change and IDK if that is gonna happen in the next decade, not after 50 years of oil funded propaganda. I think we will need to be well into the “find out” phase of climate catastrophe with crop failures before the average Red State politician acknowledges the reality of carbon emissions and is willing to sign onto any substantive mitigation efforts; but Republican politicians skew younger and younger people see this as a major issue, so it is possible.
I don’t think so. I think the GOP can keep saying shit like “the science is unclear”. Thinking it over more - maybe even a massive and insane die-off of sea creatures off Maine isn’t nearly enough. Maybe it’ll take something very weird for the GOP to finally change.
A forested area the size of Maryland could burn in California and the GOP would laugh. But something popped into my head. Imagine there’s a biblical plague-like amount of rain over weeks in a very red state like Alabama. The locals say it probably hasn’t rained this much in that time span in 100s of years. Scientists say the rain might be a one in 1,000 year event. And then there are a few ginormous mudslides that coincidentally happens in a way that kill more than 100 people. The GOP keeps on saying “Climate change isn’t really manmade.” But they change their tune a little. “Still - it’s happening and it’s getting bad. We better control the weather.”
Trump - of course - is the keystone. Trump might put his two oldest sons on the board of EvilCorp’s ClimateSolutions. And Trump might end up reaping hundreds of millions (even more?) in the bargain. If he changed his mind that climate change is a problem and it must be “fixed” - his hogs be very confused at first but they’ll quickly change what they think to follow his line. After all - he’s their prophet-god-cult-leader all in one.
Already happened in WNC, and the Republican response was that the hurricane was created/controlled by Democrats using Jewish Space Lasers to kill off Republican voters. That might get old after a few more super-storms, though.