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I didn't mean just the OPEC, I meant the oil economy itself. It is killing env + it has pushed a lot of money in the hands of people who sponsor terrorism.
by thewhitetulip 10y ago
I didn't mean just the OPEC, I meant the oil economy itself. It is killing env + it has pushed a lot of money in the hands of people who sponsor terrorism.
- nl 10y agoUnfortunately we are likely to have some wars fought before the oil economy is gone. Plastics.
- pjc50 10y agoWe're not going to have wars fought over plastics. What is going to start wars is the problem that several large middle eastern countries aren't water-sustainable nor food-sustainable without imports paid for by oil profits. This is part of why Yemen is at war. There's 24m people there of whom 14m are dependent on aid. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/apr/02/water-scarcity-yemen-conflict https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...