That was the last time all of humanity came together for the common good. We need to do this for oil.
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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Unfortunately only because the better alternative happened to also be economically viable.
Is it economically viable to destroy the ecosystems while being heavily governmentally subsisted by the people? Is good healthy economic policies drafted by the people or by the corporations our government fails to regulate?
Does OPEC or any oil single oil company have our economy as its interest or does it have an interest in maximizing its profit at any cost? Is that a good economic model?
If you had argued that it wont happen because oil companies own our government I would agree with you. I would argue that destroying our dependence on oil is not only very economically sound but imperative.
Next headline, probably: Trump orders ban on ozone-depleting substances to be lifted.
Because he’ll fuck any hole he can, even if it hastens our apocalyptic future.