What more do we need to know and see before truly committing to development of alternative energy sources?
Does it boil anyone else’s blood to read about the Saudis reducing oil production, seemingly arbitrarily, which will of course cause us continued pain at the pump? Increasing domestic output won’t do, isn’t the solution we need. Releasing barrels from the strategic reserve seems ill-advised and next to useless.
The world has gotten itself in a true bind when we can’t risk a downturn in fossil fuel prices for fear of what it will mean for market volatility. Saudi Arabia holds too much sway in this conversation (or does Putin have them in his pocket?), but we keep coming back to the teat. It’s time to wean ourselves off, once and for all.
Enough of this geopolitical hot potato, enough of the talk about needing to maintain some sort of “balanced mix” of clean energy and fucking oil and coal. That sounds like the oil and coal people talking, still holding too many cards, with too many seats at the table, unwilling to let go of their cash cow. And worse yet, refusing to acknowledge what their beloved products are doing to the earth.
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