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Perhaps I was giving your post too much credit as I just assumed that, The Green New Deal, a proposal that will radically change the US economy, would cause civil unrest through economic fallout. Maybe you are envisioning civil unrest caused by some other means? I dunno.
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And why would this happen? As has been pointed out, the greatest growth in energy jobs has been in the renewables sector, and more specifically solar. These are all good paying jobs and support middle class growth. So why would continued shift and greater expansion of this industry cause civil unrest?
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Regardless, there is nothing intellectual or "pro-science" about proclaiming that the worst possibly conceived climate change scenario is a fact.
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But it's okay to make a projection that society will ultimately crumble because we change the source of power generation? Again, the fossil fuel industry employs just over a million Americans. That industry is not going away, as we will always need the carbon molecule for other purposes, it will just shift in importance. I do not see the crumbling of society as a result of the change in adoption of a new energy standard, one that pretty much powers most parts of our daily lives. Conversely, the forced migration of 40% of the world's population, because of sea rise, is something that will cause global civil unrest as people are fighting for resources inland after losing almost everything. That isn't a worse case scenario. That is something the United States military has identified as an existential threat and preparing to deal with.