And the Obama administration really just talked about it. It was under his administration that the US shale oil extraction really started heating up. The probl

And the Obama administration really just talked about it. It was under his administration that the US shale oil extraction really started heating up. The problem is the only solution to climate change is keeping oil in the ground. There are other things that can be done to make a zero emissions transition less painful, but oil (and all other fossil fuels) need to start staying in the ground. During the Obama administration is when we started to see a dramatic increase in US oil production [0]. The US hegemony is oil powered and founded on the petro-dollar. There's no way US policy can be aligned with anything remotely resembling a path towards a sustainable energy environment. 0. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/leafhandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/leafhandler.ashx?n=pet&s=m...