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Comment Re:Renewables are the way to go (Score 1) 226

America would be doing better if we hadn't killed off passenger rail or had high-speed passenger rail like China has. When people have to drive from point a to point b, it adds a lot of emissions that the typical Chinese person wouldn't have to use due to rail/air. Pew says only 17% of Chinese households have a car. This is changing, which will make China look worse, I suspect, in the future (even with EV you need power to charge batteries).

I realize that there are heavily populated corridors in the US where passenger rail exists, but for most of the country, with an extremely long east-west axis, it isn't practical. China also benefits somewhat from having a population distribution heavily leaning toward the eastern side of the country. The USA has significant populations on both the east, south, and west coast.

Bus service has also been declining. Most places where people live also don't have good mass transit options leading to more vehicle emissions. EV vs. ICE also plays a big part. The blame for these differences is widespread, but also not something that will be easily changed,

Comment Re:lol, eat shit fascists (Score 1) 716

It won't come from the politicians, certainly. But it could happen by the people via constitutional amendments and propositions. No state is there yet, but if the nuttiness of the extremes of both parties doesn't settle down and some good central focused legislation that actually helps the voters instead of the wealthy and politicians doesn't get passed, there will be something done. I'd rather put out some ideas that might make a difference now than let the revolutionists have their hand at running things.

Comment Re:lol, eat shit fascists (Score 1) 716

While that may be the answer, a good solution would be making all of Congress be statewide elected officials like Senators instead of by district. Add in ranked choice voting in primaries and the general election, and make all primaries be open primaries.

Politicians would be forced to move to the center in most cases to keep their seats. Except in a few extremely red or extremely blue states, you couldn't be far left or far right and hope to survive the next election. It would also be easier to get rid of entrenched politicians who only survive due to extremely gerrymandered districts.

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