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YorkRd

(326 posts) Tue Feb 22, 2022, 04:41 PM Feb 2022

Fossil fuels has promulgated tyranny and war from the beginning.

How many wars have come from fossil fuels? How many tyrants have been financed by oil? Will renewable energy free us from this dependence?

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Fossil fuels has promulgated tyranny and war from the beginning. (Original Post) YorkRd Feb 2022 OP

And religion. And land. And ... NewHendoLib Feb 2022 #1

to be honest... more wars have been fought over food, land and whose tribe you belong to. WarGamer Feb 2022 #2

Not lately. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #5

BP got the British government and then the newly formed CIA to overthrow Iran's Dustlawyer Feb 2022 #3

For millions of people EYESORE 9001 Feb 2022 #4

WW2 had nothing to do with oil brooklynite Feb 2022 #6

correct on all counts. WarGamer Feb 2022 #7

NewHendoLib

(60,014 posts)

1. And religion. And land. And ...

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Tue Feb 22, 2022, 04:43 PM

Feb 2022

WarGamer

(12,433 posts)

2. to be honest... more wars have been fought over food, land and whose tribe you belong to.

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Tue Feb 22, 2022, 04:44 PM

Feb 2022

Scrivener7

(50,946 posts)

5. Not lately.

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Tue Feb 22, 2022, 06:26 PM

Feb 2022

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)

3. BP got the British government and then the newly formed CIA to overthrow Iran's

Reply to YorkRd (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 04:46 PM

Feb 2022

Democratically elected Prime Minister and installed the brutal Shah of Iran to avoid paying for Iran’s oil. We are still dealing with that one to this day.

EYESORE 9001

(25,927 posts)

4. For millions of people

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Tue Feb 22, 2022, 04:58 PM

Feb 2022

the discovery of petroleum in their country has been more of a curse than a blessing. Instead of benefiting their lives, the money has financed a security apparatus used for their oppression.

brooklynite

(94,501 posts)

6. WW2 had nothing to do with oil

Reply to YorkRd (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 06:35 PM

Feb 2022

Korea had nothing to do with oil

Vietnam had nothing to do with oil

The Arab Israeli wars had nothing to do with oil

The Serbia-Bosnia war had nothing to do with oil

The Rwanda genocide had nothing to do with oil

People don't need an excuse to be tyrannical.

WarGamer

(12,433 posts)

7. correct on all counts.

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Tue Feb 22, 2022, 10:43 PM

Feb 2022

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