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True but it's also true that Saudi Aramco isn't drilling just for the thrill of it.
by emodendroket 3y ago
True but it's also true that Saudi Aramco isn't drilling just for the thrill of it.
- mrguyorama 3y agoAh yes, because for the last hundred years in america, using oil was a choice, instead of a nearly required part of daily life
- emodendroket 3y agoIt's simplistic to say "choice!" or "no choice!" like we can boil the whole thing down to one or the other. Yes, you pretty much need to have a car. But plenty of people resisted any effort to, say, build transportation, or even build stuff like HOV lanes, tooth and nail, and that continues to be the case.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThose are largely not the same people who have been warning about climate change.
- emodendroket 3y agoOK… that seems like a different conversation than we were just having.