Rolling Coal 2.0 - Sit Back And Enjoy Teh Vengeance Of Teh Stupid

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This week, Hickory, North Carolina, became the latest flashpoint between the old and the new. A trio of pickup- and SUV-driving local men decided to aggressively block access to the local Tesla Supercharger there. They threatened violence and had to be ordered off the property by an employee of the store the Supercharger location was located at. What would motivate this trio of men?

The world is changing. Some people aren’t cut out for change due to a combination of genetics, unfortunate choice of parents, and place of birth (hint: yeah, not their choice). And they are struggling to make sense of a world which doesn’t value them the way it valued their fathers.

And so, they act out, stupidly. So, we have far-right, male, white men. Gee, what does that likely make them? Climate change deniers. “Strong evidence has emerged from multiple peer-reviewed and published studies that if you scratch a white, male, far-right nationalist, you’ll find a denier of climate science as well.”

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What’s interesting is that Hickory is a data center hub, home to both Google and Apple data centers, and makes 40% of the world’s fiber optic cable. That has supplanted the town’s historical industry of making furniture. At one point, 60% of the USA’s furniture was made in and around Hickory. Now, the money has shifted. That’s a legacy industry supplanted by a modern economy industry which requires a lot fewer workers with very different skills and education, and the change probably happened in the last 20–30 years.

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https://climatecrocks.com/2018/12/26/beyond-coalrolling-the-evolution-of-stupid/#comments