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If you drive a car, fly on a plane, have trucks in your supply chain, use plastic anywhere in your life- you support that engagement. Sucks but they're built in
by quantified 4y ago
If you drive a car, fly on a plane, have trucks in your supply chain, use plastic anywhere in your life- you support that engagement. Sucks but they're built in now.
- random314 4y agoWe seem to be able to be hostile to Russia and China while depending om them for oil and manufacturing. Extending the same courtesy to Saudi Arabia should be straightforward. Except, of course, Saudis align with NATO, Russia and China don't.
- robotnikman 4y agoThey also contribute a lot to VC funds iirc
- quantified 4y agoBunch of that is our money coming back under their ownership, though.
- njarboe 4y agoThe US, due to fracking, is now a net exporter of oil most years. Hopefully with more electric cars in the fleet each year oil use will also decline dramatically. We should use that opportunity to distance ourselves from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately I think one factor driving US engagement that is not often discussed is the tens of billions Saudi Arabia spends on US weapon systems each year, not just oil interest.
- darkarmani 4y ago> is now a net exporter of oil most years There are different kinds of oil and they aren't equivalent.