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This industry powers our cars, paves our roads and provides us with plastic, probably the greatest material ever invented. All of us are "rich" from the oil ind
by FridayoLeary 5y ago
This industry powers our cars, paves our roads and provides us with plastic, probably the greatest material ever invented. All of us are "rich" from the oil industry.
- dkural 5y agoThis industry gives us cancer, contaminates our food, gives our children asthma, and is creating an uninhabitable Earth with catastrophic climate change. But enjoy your coca cola while you wait in a traffic jam on the highway.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoI think an important point here is that as much as the industry is a problem, especially since it lobbies in its own interests, it is a problem we have helped to create and perpetuate with our lifestyle demands.
- dkural 5y agoAgreed! It's a coordination problem across the entire society. Government hasn't done a good job pricing in all the terrible externalities I listed above, so it needs to reflect the full costs with an honest price signal to change collective incentives for all of us.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoWe live longer and healthier now. That's in part made possible through extensive use of crude oil.
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