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You're also reducing their ability to produce oil safely and effectively, while simultaneously handing more economic power to oppressive OPEC regimes. Weaning
by ng12 7y ago
You're also reducing their ability to produce oil safely and effectively, while simultaneously handing more economic power to oppressive OPEC regimes.
Weaning ourselves off of oil is the first step not the last.
- Analemma_ 7y agoI'm a little annoyed you think I'm some kind of simpleton who hasn't considered the tradeoffs of my position and that your comment comes as some kind of shock to me. I have considered your points before, and found that on balance it's worth it.
- ng12 7y agoWould you care to explain your position rather than expressing shock that someone disagrees with you?
- komali2 7y agoWe can't fight a perfect, bloodless war. If they start producing oil unsafely as a result of thinning margins, we protest that all the same. That's the form our "baby steps" take, not second guessing whether it's the "right time" to protest oil companies doing bad things.
- ng12 7y ago> whether it's the "right time" to protest oil companies doing bad things. What are the bad thing oil companies do? Extract the oil you and I pay them to extract?
- komali2 7y agoSpill millions of gallons of oil into the ocean. Spill millions of gallons of oil into the wilderness. Lobby the government to let them get away with spilling millions of gallons of oil. Lobby the government to prevent the building of public transit. Shill against climate change activism.
- adrianN 7y agoPay fortunes to lobby against climate action instead of investing in renewable alternatives.