China is stepping down pollution at a rate unimaginable to Americans, and theyre only high polluters because we shipped them our dirty jobs. Also, they could pass that carbon tax down to consumers because we don’t have the industry to do it anymore. Like Trump’s tariffs. We no longer have the ability to step up steelworks much, and it would take years to get caught up, and by then, the investment likely wouldn’t be worth it.

And contributing to micro plastic contamination.

Fortunately coal is more expensive than renewables now and most companies see profit above politics. Just like the oil companies who were like “ok… We can drill with impunity, but it doesn’t make financial sense because we already have more permits than we need, so we won’t be looking for new permits anytime soon”. But I’m sure subsidies will be raised to take care of that.

Yeah, and with AI and all of these huge data centers, we’re raising electrical demands so much that replacing with renewables isn’t enough to stop fossil fuels. Not to mention that the effects aren’t linear. I.e. as temps go up, it’s not just hotter during x amount of days during the warmest days of the year. It pushes more days above freezing. So not only does ice melt faster on days above freezing, but there’s also more days above freezing.