Sunday, April 25, 2021

How will Biden's climate plan affect everyday Americans | Daily Mail Online

How will Biden's climate plan affect everyday Americans | Daily Mail Online
How Biden's climate plan could limit you to eat just one burger a MONTH, cost $3.5K a year per person in taxes, force you to spend $55K on an electric car and 'crush' American jobs
  • Joe Biden announced the goal to cut emissions by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, at the start of a two-day climate summit on Thursday 
  • He vowed the plan, which would set the US on a path of a zero emissions economy by no later than 2050, would create jobs and boost economies
  • But he is yet to release any firm details on exactly how such a plan will affect the daily lives of ordinary Americans 
  • It could prompt sweeping changes that could affect how Americans eat, drive and heat their homes 
  • While Biden hasn't released details, experts and recent studies have laid out what would need to change by 2030 to reach the goal.
...Americans may have to cut their red meat consumption by a whopping 90 percent and cut their consumption of other animal based foods in half. 
Gradually making those changes by 2030 could see diet-related greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 50 percent, according to a study by Michigan University's Center for Sustainable Systems...Read all.

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