Biden could have issued an order to stop climate change in the time it took to mandate vax

Biden’s Covid-19 mandate was a surprising u-turn. In a single set of measures, he:

• ordered millions of federal government employees to get vaccinated or find another job
• ordered all federal contractors to follow suit
• issued the same ultimate to over 17 million healthcare workers at hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid
• forced companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate their workers or conduct expensive testing weekly, a requirement expected to impact more than 80 million people.
• required nearly 300,000 educators under the federal government’s Head Start Program also be vaccinated,
• expanded free testing, including $2 billion to distribute rapid tests in community health centers, food banks, and schools.
• doubled the fines against those who refuse to wear a mask when traveling

Had he so desired, Biden could as easily have dramatically reduce climate change with the similar set of measures. Simply by reducing the workweek to four days:

• for all federal employees;
• all federal contractors;
• all employees of any private institution, or state or local government that receives any federal funds;
• all companies with more than 100 employees; and,
• imposing steep fines per infraction on any of the above that failed to comply

And, perhaps, one additional measure:

• impose 200% tariff on imports from any country with a workweek longer than 32 hours.

This likely would reduce the U.S. carbon footprint well below its current impact.

The difference, of course, is that the Covid-19 vaccination is all about restarting surplus accumulation, while ending climate change threatens accumulation.