Fossil fuels has promulgated tyranny and war from the beginning.

[YorkRd]

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

[NewHendoLib]

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

[WarGamer]

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

[Scrivener7]

5. Not lately.

[Dustlawyer]

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

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]

4. For millions of people

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]

6. WW2 had nothing to do with oil

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]

7. correct on all counts.