The fossil fuel industry must be happier than a hog in excrement right now. They’ve got their man coming back to the White house, so they can look forward to favorable treatment for the next four years, while many of the rest of us can look on as we fight uphill and go ever further down the path of ruin with decreasing chances of turning things around.
Accelerated global warming is the challenge of our time, and Trump still thinks it’s a hoax.
He and his fossil fuel gravy train buddies will have blood on their hands unless this slow-rolling excuse factory suddenly has a change of heart and can be convinced that it’s in their best interest to shift gears and get behind renewables or some other yet-unharnessed and less harmful sources of energy.
Exxon and the rest are the replacement villains for R.J. Reynolds and their partners in crime. The main difference would be one of scale: a sick planet with billions instead of millions of ruined lives, directly attributable to hubris, stubbornness, deception, and spectacular greed.
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