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> In democracies we could have voted for guys wanting gas to cost 50 bucks per gallon... So this is on us Only kind of. The oil companies dusted off the old to
by triceratops 1y ago
> In democracies we could have voted for guys wanting gas to cost 50 bucks per gallon... So this is on us
Only kind of. The oil companies dusted off the old tobacco playbook. Democracies are unfortunately terribly vulnerable to well-funded liars.
- foxglacier 1y agoApproximately 0% of voters vote to ban fossil fuel use in cars overnight (some want to phase it out over a decade or two). So do you think it's too late and voters rationally don't want to anymore, or that almost every voter is still believing lies promoted by oil companies? What are the lies?
- t14000 1y agoThe lies are all well known and well documented by the likes of Naomi Klein ("This Changes Everything") - go have a read
- foxglacier 1y agoSo that means voters just don't want to ban fossil fuels overnight? Sounds like the lies don't really matter if they're well known to be lies.
- triceratops 1y agoThe lies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_denial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_deni...