Yeah I don’t see a universe where this administration can actually cultivate a fossil boom.

I easily see one where energy investment generally dries up - causing blowback on all kinds of commercial + industrial activity. To say nothing of consumer pocketbooks.

To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.

The "Expanding Atmospheric Sponge" Effect conveys consequences of air's increasing water vapor-holding capacity: Not only can larger sponge yield more water if saturated (& wrung), but its absorptive capacity increases *even if there's no water to absorb.* www.nature.com/artic...