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Fate of the World: A Climate Change Quest

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The more I think on it the more I want scholarships done this turn.

[X] Plan Radioactive Scholarships
Cleanup
-[X]Portland Harbor Superfund Site: 1 dice, 5 budget
-[X]Continuing Hanford: Urgently Stabilizing Nuclear Waste: 3 dice, 30 budget
-[X]Minor Site Decon
--[X]Rust Belt: Stage I: 1 dice, 5 budget
PR
-[X]Expand the Environmental Education Arm: Overhauling Management: 1 dice, 5 budget
-[X][Congressional Proposal] EPA Scholarships: 1 dice, 20 Budget
-[X]Awareness Campaign: Biofuel Farm Subsidies: 1 dice, 5 budget
Energy/Environmental Policy
-[X]First-Gen Biofuelling: Stage I: 3 dice, 15 budget
R&D
-[X]Second Generation Biofuels: 3 dice, 15 budget
Administration
-[X]Schmoozing
--[X]Major Corporations: 1 dice
---[X]Oil corporations
-[X] Outreach
--[X]Education: 1 dice
--[X]State: 1 dice
 
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Since scholarship DC and influence cost is down by 10, it needs to be done this turn.

[X] Plan Radioactive Scholarships
 
[X] Plan: Mandate Focus
-Superfund (3 base dice + 2 bonus + 1 admin, 55 Budget total)
--[X] Continuing Hanford: Urgently Stabilizing Nuclear Waste (4 Dice, 40 Budget)
--[X] Portland Harbor Superfund Site: Stage II (112/200) (1 Dice, 10 budget)
--[X] Minor Site Decon
----[X] Rust Belt: Stage I (52/100) (1 Die, 5 Budget)
-PR (3 dice, 20 budget total)
--[X] Awareness Campaign: Biofuel Farm Subsidies (0/50) (2 Dice, 10 Budget)
--[X] Publicize Your Work (1 Dice, 10 Budget)
-Energy/Environment (5 dice, 15 Budget total)
--[X] Biofuel Subsidy Network: Stage II: 55/250 (1 dice, 5 budget)
--[X] First-Gen Biofuelling: Stage I (0/100) (3 dice, 15 budget)
-R&D (5 dice, 5 Budget total)
--[X]Second Generation Biofuels: 0/300 (1 die, 5 budget)
-Administration (5 budget total)
--[X] Outreach: State
--[X] Outreach: DoD
--[X] Request More Staff - Hanford (5 budget)


With full hindsight, we need to be at the table talking to State and Defense when the national security crisis hits on September 11th.

That will open up a lot more options just by virtue of Harper being at the table and involved in the conversations -- this is just how DC works, and we can take advantage of our biofuel mandate.

The EPA pitch, after 9/11, will be that what farmers in the Midwest can do to fight terrorism is to help America transition to biofuels. My thought is that we absolutely need to do footprint sourcing, but that we can and should wait until the biofuels mandate is a popular and effective program -- meaning, next turn -- to really make sure all producers are abiding by our green energy standards. That means holding off on the big education tasks -- they will not help us with our mission, and they will not gain us the influence we need.

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Given that grid updates are locked pending ongoing DoJ investigations, plus the fact that we've had some significant successes in the transportation sector, leads me to think this is a good time to focus on our mandates -- biofuels and Superfund. Hanford has to be cleaned up to avoid a major radioactive release; and our awareness campaign synergizes well with publicizing our work. We invest into 2nd gen biofuels because we're talking with State and DOD anyway, and we make progress on our core mandates so we're not struggling to meet our targets later on.
 
Secretariat said:
With full hindsight, we need to be at the table talking to State and Defense when the national security crisis hits on September 11th.
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With hindsight, this makes sense, but I'm concerned how this looks before and during. As the EPA, we should have no reason to bother these groups until after the disaster(if the fbi dice can't stop it) and by then they'll too busy to talk with a smaller department. This also hinges on stuff happening which is a risky bet. We got away with the Grid Collaboration because there were shenanigans happening before California's grid goes out.
 
RookDeSuit said:
With hindsight, this makes sense, but I'm concerned how this looks before and during. As the EPA, we should have no reason to bother these groups until after the disaster(if the fbi dice can't stop it) and by then they'll too busy to talk with a smaller department. This also hinges on stuff happening which is a risky bet. We got away with the Grid Collaboration because there were shenanigans happening before California's grid goes out.
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For any plan where we are researching second-gen biofuels, I think we have a plausible excuse to talk to State. You're right that Defense is more of a stretch -- thoughts on what to do with that extra die?
 
Melifaro said:
Hell, 90 on literally a pedophile in the upper reaches of the establishment. What was at 100? Qanon was right, only the wrong party and the Storm is washing away all the right-wingers in the US? Okay, this is more of an irony, which is however to our advantage.
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Fun fact! This is a historical event.

The former Speaker of the House actually pled guilty to paying hush money and lying to federal agents about covering up child molestation in 2015 in OTL.

The 90 means "we found out about it twelve years early, while Hastert was still in office."
 
I have been thinking on refinements to both of my plans. Given how addressing climate change will require global cooperation I think reaching out to the state department can be justified. I am also thinking there would be some order of completion considerations to doing 2nd gen bio fuels before the footprint researches as to would be good to have replacements ready given what those will reveal. I have edited them accordingly.
 
mouli said:
Turn 2: July-December 2001: Future So Bright I've Gotta Wear Shades​
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Some things are best left forgotten.
[X] Plan: Patriotic Metagaming
-Superfund (3 base dice + 2 bonus + 1 admin, 55 Budget total)
--[X] Continuing Hanford: Urgently Stabilizing Nuclear Waste (4 Dice, 40 Budget)
--[X] Portland Harbor Superfund Site: Stage II (112/200) (1 Dice, 10 budget)
--[X] Minor Site Decon
----[X] Rust Belt: Stage I (52/100) (1 Die, 5 Budget)
-PR (3 dice, 20 budget total)
--[X] Awareness Campaign: Biofuel Farm Subsidies (0/50) (2 Dice, 10 Budget)
--[X] Expand the Environmental Education Arm: Overhauling Management 0/50: (1 dice, 10 budget)
-Energy/Environment (5 dice, 15 Budget total)
--[X] Biofuel Subsidy Network: Stage II: 55/250 (1 dice, 5 budget)
--[X] First-Gen Biofuelling: Stage I (0/100) (3 dice, 15 budget)
-R&D (5 dice, 5 Budget total)
--[X]Second Generation Biofuels: 0/300 (1 die, 5 budget)
-Administration (5 budget total)
--[X] Outreach: State
--[X] Outreach: DoD
--[X] Request More Staff - Hanford (5 budget)

Addresses the same critical events @Secretariat pointed out while shifting dice and budget spent on PR (not interested in potentially having it be wasted/backfire or be overshadowed by 9/11 in event of high roll) on countering rising tide of fundamentalists before they become even more serious threat. We've been heavily encouraged to metagame; we all know what happened and national security will be the new budgetary frontier. the DOD in particular has consistently viewed climate change as a national security threat regardless of which president's in charge, and if they could put in a good word for us they could turbocharge our R&D efforts and completely shift how we're seen in the American public. Even if 9/11 doesn't happen, the DOD is still a formidable powerbroker with connections aplenty, a leviathan budget and an understanding that climate change is a serious threat, while DOS can potentially help us network with international climate agencies as part of diplomatic outreach.

This is before politics really became crazy; it's easy to label the EPA a buncha pinko hippies when the screech about the climate, not so much a marine general concerned about national security and the country's ability to project power across the world.
 
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aeiou! said:
Some things are best left forgotten.
[X] Plan: Patriotic Metagaming
-Superfund (3 base dice + 2 bonus + 1 admin, 55 Budget total)
--[X] Continuing Hanford: Urgently Stabilizing Nuclear Waste (4 Dice, 40 Budget)
--[X] Portland Harbor Superfund Site: Stage II (112/200) (1 Dice, 10 budget)
--[X] Minor Site Decon
----[X] Rust Belt: Stage I (52/100) (1 Die, 5 Budget)
-PR (3 dice, 20 budget total)
--[X] Awareness Campaign: Biofuel Farm Subsidies (0/50) (2 Dice, 10 Budget)
--[X] Expand the Environmental Education Arm: Overhauling Management 0/50: (1 dice, 10 budget)
-Energy/Environment (5 dice, 15 Budget total)
--[X] Biofuel Subsidy Network: Stage II: 55/250 (1 dice, 5 budget)
--[X] First-Gen Biofuelling: Stage I (0/100) (3 dice, 15 budget)
-R&D (5 dice, 5 Budget total)
--[X]Second Generation Biofuels: 0/300 (1 die, 5 budget)
-Administration (5 budget total)
--[X] Outreach: State
--[X] Outreach: DoD
--[X] Request More Staff - Hanford (5 budget)

Addresses the same critical events @Secretariat pointed out while shifting dice and budget spent on PR (not interested in potentially having it be wasted/backfire or be overshadowed by 9/11 in event of high roll) on countering rising tide of fundamentalists before they become even more serious threat. We've been heavily encouraged to metagame; we all know what happened and national security will be the new frontier. the DOD in particular has consistently viewed climate change as a national security threat regardless of which president's in charge, and if they could put in a good word for us they could turbocharge our R&D efforts and completely shift how we're seen in the American public. Even if 9/11 doesn't happen, they're still a formidable powerbroker with connections aplenty and a leviathan budget.

This is before politics really became crazy; it's easy to label the EPA a buncha pinko hippies when the screech about the climate, not so much a marine general concerned about national security.
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That's a good call -- we're likely to get buried given the heavy hints about September; that 10 budget can be put to better use.

One thing I'm going back and forth on is whether it makes sense to try and do Scholarships now while Republicans are distracted. On one hand, it might be easier to push it through. On the other hand -- and this gets to Rook's point above -- is that we don't have a great sense of how the politics on this are going to unfold.

There are going to be investigations of other members of Congress who have potential sexual abuse claims. And once those investigations get rolling, they're going to turn up not just Mark Foley -- they're going to turn up Larry Craig. If I had to guess, I think that means that Dems will probably hold Congress in the midterms, but also that the Republicans will continue their radicalization cycle, and the next time the Republicans take the Senate they will go the full McConnell -- total obstruction of Democratic priorities as revenge for the Communist witch hunt above.

Thoughts on education vs. scholarships?


mouli said:
low effort piece of work
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if two thousand words of EPA abstracts is low effort, what does high effort even mean for the rest of us plebs
 
I really think it is a waste of budget to place 2 dice on 50 progress actions. Also, we don't need to finish Hanford this turn to prevent leaks, just start it and I think three dice worth of progress on it will be sufficient on that front.
 
mouli said:
low effort piece of work on my end. So I'll not go into exhaustive detail and play out scenarios for it.
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That expansive and detailed list of EPA actions was low-effort??? I can't even begin to imagine what high effort looks like then.

In all seriousness though, we do have SOME reason to talk to the defense department, as IIRC the army corp of engineers might help us out with some infrastructure projects, and they might request briefings on the effects of climate change and such, but I don't think we will be very relevant in the aftermath of 9/11, except maybe to help with some of the cleanup.
 
Twiggierjet said:
In all seriousness though, we do have SOME reason to talk to the defense department, as IIRC the army corp of engineers might help us out with some infrastructure projects, and they might request briefings on the effects of climate change and such, but I don't think we will be very relevant in the aftermath of 9/11, except maybe to help with some of the cleanup.
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Solar/wind could also help greatly on military bases.

Not having to run fuel convoys all the time is a significant security improvement.
 
[X] Plan Radioactive Scholarships
Cleanup
-[X]Portland Harbor Superfund Site: 1 dice, 5 budget
-[X]Continuing Hanford: Urgently Stabilizing Nuclear Waste: 3 dice, 30 budget
-[X]Minor Site Decon
--[X]Rust Belt: Stage I: 1 dice, 5 budget
PR
-[X]Expand the Environmental Education Arm: Overhauling Management: 1 dice, 5 budget
-[X][Congressional Proposal] EPA Scholarships: 1 dice, 20 Budget
-[X]Awareness Campaign: Biofuel Farm Subsidies: 1 dice, 5 budget
Energy/Environmental Policy
-[X]First-Gen Biofuelling: Stage I: 3 dice, 15 budget
R&D
-[X]Second Generation Biofuels: 3 dice, 15 budget
Administration
-[X]Schmoozing
--[X]Major Corporations: 1 dice
---[X]Oil corporations
-[X] Outreach
--[X]Education: 1 dice
--[X]State: 1 dice
 
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