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They're not actually trying to support the fossil fuel industry. They don't really care about it at all. It just happens to be the case that a lot of people who
by strombofulous 7y ago
They're not actually trying to support the fossil fuel industry. They don't really care about it at all. It just happens to be the case that a lot of people who vote for them are involved in the fossil fuel industry and will be directly affected by its downfall.
- bamboozled 7y agoNo, I think they’re trying to support the industry. What other plausible motive would there be for the inaction? I mean, if what you said was true and they only cared about people’s futures, they would’ve carved out a transition plan for those jobs to renewables thirty years ago. Nothing has been done really since.
- Udik 7y ago> No, I think they’re trying to support the industry. What other plausible motive would there be for the inaction? This is the "if you don't agree with me, you must be paid by someone" conspiratorial thinking. In particular, I find it simply incredible that you can ask a question such as "what other plausible motives would there be for inaction". Here is one: every part of the economy is deeply dependent on fossil fuels consumption. Economy, like climate, rests on a very delicate balance where changes can have enormous costs in terms of jobs, lack of growth, and ultimately poverty and death.