While I suppose, in fairness, I should wait for the details of this to be spelled out, based on experience and a pretty good sense of who & what Biden is - including of the cynical politician, I suspect that you're quite right in that this is a performative attempt to draw some badly needed electoral support from younger folk who haven't been fooled often enough yet to recognize the con. If it were for anything more than that purpose, Biden would be announcing an end of fossil fuel subsidies, cancellation of leases and freeze in all permitting, and massive federal investment in home insulation & energy conservation retrofits, renewable-source decentralized electric generation and infrastructure, full funding of international commitments per Paris Accord & COPs, and an immediate change of direction in the provocations of Russia and China , cuts in war- and war-preparation spending, etc.
While I suppose, in fairness, I should wait for the details of this to be spelled out, based on experience and a pretty good sense of who & what Biden is - including of the cynical politician, I suspect that you're quite right in that this is a performative attempt to draw some badly needed electoral support from younger folk who haven't been fooled often enough yet to recognize the con. If it were for anything more than that purpose, Biden would be announcing an end of fossil fuel subsidies, cancellation of leases and freeze in all permitting, and massive federal investment in home insulation & energy conservation retrofits, renewable-source decentralized electric generation and infrastructure, full funding of international commitments per Paris Accord & COPs, and an immediate change of direction in the provocations of Russia and China , cuts in war- and war-preparation spending, etc.
Very timely and impressive critique of the situation we are in. Thank you Birrion for the clarity.