Hank: the US may soon pass a climate bill that measurably reduces emissions on a fairly tight time scale (2022)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2022-08-12) · owner: Hank · last mentioned: 2022-08-19
In July 2022 Hank said the US might finally pass a climate bill that measurably reduces emissions on a fairly tight time scale; two weeks later he reported that the bill had passed.
Told alongside: Hank: US Republicans won't vote for carbon pricing, so without every Democrat there will be no carbon tax (2021)
About: United States, Inflation Reduction Act
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-29 | predicted | The description says Hank made the video because it feels like the US may finally pass a climate bill that measurably reduces emissions on a fairly tight time scale, which would be massive. (hedged) | How Climate Change /Actually/ Works...in 4 Minutes video description |
| 2022-08-12 | came true | Hank reports the climate bill has passed and projects it to cut US emissions by about a billion tons a year by 2030. | The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? 00:13:31 |
| 2022-08-19 | recalled | Studying last week's (week of 8 August 2022) big climate bill showed Hank how complicated, important and good it is despite parts he would rather not be there, and how many coalitions had to come together to get behind it. | What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? 00:01:08 |
What is said about it
1 statement, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2022-07-29 · How Climate Change /Actually/ Works...in 4 Minutes — Hank says human infrastructure assumes rainfall and temperature stay as they were; as they change, crop yields might fall and leave people hungry, power grids fail under air conditioning, and forests burn. (hedged) — 00:00:46