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My brother is a lorry driver and has traveled through Southern Germany and Norther France these last two days. He told me that there are almost no cars on the r
by paganel 7y ago
My brother is a lorry driver and has traveled through Southern Germany and Norther France these last two days. He told me that there are almost no cars on the roads apart from other lorries and some police/Gendarmerie cars, and the few photos he sent me seemed to corroborate his sayings. I suspect in Italy there are even fewer cars now circulating, and Spain is probably the same.
So you've definitely got a huge demand-side crisis, and coupled with whatever Saudi Arabia and Russia are trying to do (fighting between themselves or fighting between themselves in order to bring down the US shale companies, I'm never quite sure) that means that the only way is down.
- harlanlewis 7y agoAnother bit of corroborating evidence for reduced traffic is air quality. The current day over day difference in places like LA (or earlier across China) is dramatic.
- r00fus 7y ago> fighting between themselves in order to bring down the US shale companies This is the key. They are cooperating to destroy US efforts at self-sufficiency. On the bright side, the canals of Venice are clear (you can see the fish) for the first time in recent history.
- tomp 7y ago> They are cooperating to destroy US efforts at self-sufficiency. That's simply impossible. Best they can do, is bankrupt the current owners of fracking oil wells. But the equipment and sites / wells remain, and will be taken over by new owners, which will remain pumping oil as soon as price reaches sufficient levels (or until the US needs it for "national security").
- blaser-waffle 7y agoForeign firms can operate oil companies in the US. The new owners may be Saudi...
- matwood 7y agoThat has little to do with pollution and just that there are no boats churning up the bottom.
- at-fates-hands 7y ago> They are cooperating to destroy US efforts at self-sufficiency. This is completely shocking to me. I remember complaining about gas when it went above $2 and my grandfather sat me down and related several stories about the 1970's oil crash, Jimmy Carter saying we needed to be energy independent, and other fascinating stories about OPEC. To honestly see a day where OPEC and the Russians see the US oil production as a threat is pretty incredible when you think about it.
- codekilla 7y ago> They are cooperating to destroy US efforts at self-sufficiency This is naive. The real target is Iran, the Saudis would never do this without US approval.
- BurningFrog 7y agoThis adds the millions of US fracking jobs to the already imploding virus unemployment situation.