Does anyone think we might start seeing a brain drain out of the US given the current political climate?
No, not really. If it stays like this for 20+ years, then definitely.
US quits Paris climate pact
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#12Does anyone think we might start seeing a brain drain out of the US given the current political climate?
Allegedly happening already: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/technology/new-zealand-te...
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#13Can someone give me pros and cons of this move (serious responses only)? Thanks
Decent thread on it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/comments/6eey64/wha...
TLDR; the only positive argument you can make about it is that with the current administration, the pact wouldn't have been respected anyway so it opens the avenue for others things.
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#14Elon Musk just posted that he will, as promised, be quitting the presidential council: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/870369915894546432
Now has more time to start another company
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#15Response from the market: http://i.imgur.com/CDKVSWq.jpg The Paris Accord according to President Trump would have allowed China to do whatever they want for the next 13 years, while India would receive billions in aid. http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa.html - US Pledges ( 26-28%) VS. http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china.html - China Pledges (0%)
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#16Response from the market: http://i.imgur.com/CDKVSWq.jpg The Paris Accord according to President Trump would have allowed China to do whatever they want for the next 13 years, while India would receive billions in aid. http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa.html - US Pledges ( 26-28%) VS. http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china.html - China Pledges (0%)
And us not being there is going to prevent this how?
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#18Response from the market: http://i.imgur.com/CDKVSWq.jpg The Paris Accord according to President Trump would have allowed China to do whatever they want for the next 13 years, while India would receive billions in aid. http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa.html - US Pledges ( 26-28%) VS. http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china.html - China Pledges (0%)
The announcement came after the market closed, didn't it?
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#19The liberals should take a page out of the Venezuelan Hunger Bonds movement and identify companies that fund climate change denial. A climate bond movement to target and blacklist company shares/bonds or other offerings would get the message across.
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#20It was a bit disingenuous for Trump to describe India and China as top polluters
India (population 1.3 Billion) creates lesser CO2 emissions than the US
China's per-capita emissions is just around half of that of the US
[Edit: replying to comment about pollution and emissions
The Paris agreement is about climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
When Trump talks about polluters and withdrawing from the Paris agreement, it seems illogical to suggest that he wasn't referring to CO2 emissions]