Trump Could Be A Disaster For The Environment
This article on ITVx is entitled ‘Drill, baby, drill’: What Trump’s Re-election Could Mean For Our Climate
The article is a must-read.
It starts with a picture that has a placard that says “Trump Digs Coal”
I certainly don’t and have felt that way since probably the Aberfan disaster of 1966.
This is the first paragraph from the Wikimedia entry.
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring. Heavy rain led to a build-up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry, killing 116 children and 28 adults as it engulfed Pantglas Junior School and a row of houses.
In coal mining areas, disasters still happen.
We should all show our disgust at Trump ad the people who voted for him, by not buying any American products, unless it is absolutely necessary.
The Anonymous Widower 
Few US consumer products enter the UK. Any finished goods tend to be industrial. The USA sells mainly oil and gas to the UK worth $145 bn/ann. The UK sells mainly gas turbines (jet engines), cars and packaged medicines. They can put on tariffs, with UK cars not essential to them, but the gas turbines and medicines are not easy to replace with other products – the B-52 is now being fitted with new RR jet engines. So the US will suffer.
The UK does not need the USAs oil and gas which is easily accessed elsewhere, and with the rapid move to solar/wind/grid battery/hydrogen, the UKs need for this purchased energy will diminish fast.
This energy is purchased from US red states, Trump’s followers. Will they be pleased?
Comment by John | November 12, 2024 |