Graham Townsend
1 min readJan 16, 2025

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If his supporters thought that Trump will deliver a better future, then they certainly were deluded. Apart from anything else, his determination to 'drill baby, drill' will deliver a less prosperous and very insecure future.

The linked analyses shows that a rapid shift to low-carbon would be many times better for the global economy. Failing to shift is beyond incompetent - it's a single-finger salute to our kids' future. The climate crisis currently costs the global economy around US$16 million per hour. The economic damage already locked in is estimated to shrink the global economy by 19% by 2050. If we fail to act, that will escalate.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240417131138.htm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0071-9.epdf

https://thebulletin.org/2018/06/benefits-of-curbing-climate-change-far-outweigh-costs

Meanwhile Trump and his lookalikes across the globe are a direct threat to democracy.

Planetary overshoot → falling prosperity → citizen resentment → toxic appeal of populist politicians’ lies → autocracy → outright fascism.

https://newptc75.medium.com/planetary-overshoot-and-the-threat-of-fascism-6ce2c8fca6f8

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Graham Townsend
Graham Townsend

Written by Graham Townsend

Background in chemical physics. Grew up in East Africa, lives in Christchurch NZ. Retired.

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