Why are Americans are so Dumb?

[Oerets]

Staying with fossil fuels is not an advancement a step forward in technology. That should be enough of an argument on it's own. Going to renewable more efficient cleaner sources, just how is this a bad thing?

Taking the climate issue out of the discussion for now. The new technologies and industries created would be beneficial. The country that is successful will be the leader in the years ahead. Someday soon it will be forced upon the world and those who prepare sooner then later will have advantages over those who do not.

Is the green new deal perfect? No just a starting point at the problem. One that has been ignored for way to long. The replacement cost of the damage already done far out weigh the seemingly affordable fossil fuels. Fracking oil spills gas leaks at pumps pollution ect....
Nuclear power also has the cleanup and storage is over looked in it's overall costs.

Just how will a advancement in our civilization ever happen if we continue to cling onto basic technologies our distant past discovered. If we ever wish to be masters of our environment. The need to understand and benefit without a thought for a quick profit or return for a few over the best for all humanity.
It will be hard and time consuming. The longer before undertaken the more so it will be.

So rather then throwing one hands up in surrender we should be rolling up our sleeves and going to work. Other countries are figuring it out and will be the leaders in the years ahead.

Is this acceptable?