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Eh, you basically just verified the point in my opinion.. You try to skirt around the issue saying the profits are maybe being passed down the consumer more th
by mrlala 6y ago
Eh, you basically just verified the point in my opinion..
You try to skirt around the issue saying the profits are maybe being passed down the consumer more than one thinks, ok valid. But the point still remains that everything that is being done is to maximize short term profits / cut short term consumer costs.
>policies that make oil and gas products cheaper popular with voters not just popular with "business elites."
Well.. so what? Of course 95% of people would generally say "MAKE THINGS CHEAPER!" That doesn't mean it should be done.
Besides, you are also making it sound like more people would rather have cheaper gas than a long-sustainable environment. Not so sure you are right on that one.
- rayiner 6y agoYou linked profits to "short-term gains for its core constituency (i.e. business elites." The notion that voters might be thinking in a short-term way, preferring lower energy costs and lower unemployment in the short term to more sustainable energy policies in the long term, I would agree with that, but I think that's a different argument than what can be fairly derived from your post.