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Wounded Bear

(58,590 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:12 AM Oct 2020

Thanks, Joe Biden...

you finally said the magic words: "We have to move away from oil."

It has been long past time for a major political figure to say it out loud. We won't fix climate change until we get off oil as our primary energy source.

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Thanks, Joe Biden... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Oct 2020 OP

And I don't know why people don't understand this Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #1

Arguably, our whole energy industry is based on stone age technology... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #8

That Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #2

I bet there are a lot of Texans who want to take their state back from the oil industry... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #3

Yes , there probably are. Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #4

He probably won a few thousand Far Left votes with that line... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #5

K&R! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #6

Yes! 👍 Duppers Oct 2020 #7

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)

1. And I don't know why people don't understand this

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:15 AM

Oct 2020

And the coal thing, too...we have to constantly innovate and grow....if not we would still be in the Stone Age.

Wounded Bear

(58,590 posts)

8. Arguably, our whole energy industry is based on stone age technology...

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 07:28 PM

Oct 2020

we've improved the efficiency a bit, but essentially we're just burning shit to remove the chemical energy it contains.

Turin_C3PO

(13,896 posts)

2. That

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:17 AM

Oct 2020

may hurt him a little bit in Texas but I fully agree with Joe’s comment.

Wounded Bear

(58,590 posts)

3. I bet there are a lot of Texans who want to take their state back from the oil industry...

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:19 AM

Oct 2020

Just sayin'

Turin_C3PO

(13,896 posts)

4. Yes , there probably are.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:21 AM

Oct 2020

It might not hurt him at all, who knows? But no question we need to get off oil.

Wounded Bear

(58,590 posts)

5. He probably won a few thousand Far Left votes with that line...

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:21 AM

Oct 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

6. K&R!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 04:33 AM

Oct 2020

Duppers

(28,117 posts)

7. Yes! 👍

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 02:56 PM

Oct 2020

Finally we'll have a president who's unafraid to do it too.

Fossil fuel consumption is killing the planet.

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