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What could Trump do in that respect? Bring back coal? Coal isn't coming back. The economics aren't there short of literally paying for the burning of coal. And while Trump seems to lean into the AGW deniers, he does seem to at least respect reducing the classic "silent spring" sorts of pollution that obviously dirty air and water.

US oil production is the highest in the world, the highest in its history, and is so maxed out that there are loads of drilling rights that aren't even being exercised as oil companies all realized that it was pyrrhic with current low oil prices.

On the climate position I don't think things can go back. Wind, solar and evolving nuclear just make it a silly thing to do.

He can, and has basically promised to massively subsidize fracking. Fracking is still not profitable, never has been, probably never will be. It's existence is purely political.
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He could take away government subsidies and incentives for clean energy production. And subsidies for converting consumption to electricity (like EVs, heat pump furnaces, water heaters, and stoves).

He could target research into clean energy technology, ending government initiatives and taking away research grants.

He could remove regulations on energy efficiency.

He could put giant tariffs on anything made in China that is used in clean energy production (like solar panels, batteries, and electronics).

He could make it harder to get approvals to install clean energy production, siding with NIMBYs who oppose solar, wind, and battery projects.

He could cut federal funding for public transit.

I don't know how much of that he would actually do, but in the past he has expressed support for a lot of it. So I think he will try to do some of it.

It's possible we have already reached a tipping point where the total cost of clean energy production and consumption is cheaper even without all of these subsidies and so on. If so, then the transition might continue anyway. But if so, I think it will still be a slower transition.

Opening up coal mines just to bring back jobs in the rust belt does not make any sense. Start mining silicon and other minerals used in solar, batteries and chips instead. It makes a lot more sense even though the initial investment is higher.
Wasn’t a large part of his platform „drill baby drill“? If he’s lowering cost of fossil fuels, guess what will happen to consumption.
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