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IronLionZion

(45,411 posts)
2. People notice what directly affects them
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 02:32 PM
Jun 2022

before more distant things that indirectly affect them.

Then there's burning fuel causing all those other things. Air travel is worst thing for climate change but people love it so much. I like it too but don't fly very often.

IronLionZion

(45,411 posts)
4. Longing for the good old days of 2020
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 02:38 PM
Jun 2022

when life was good and nothing bad happened.

A lot of stupid people think gas prices were awesome during a time of record low travel worldwide.

Ziggysmom

(3,406 posts)
6. Pisses me off when I hear people say that this is because we don't have the Keystone XL
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:09 PM
Jun 2022

Pipeline. They have no idea what would happen if a pipeline leak contaminated the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the world’s largest underground sources of fresh water. So sick of these GQP IDIOTS!

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
8. not to mention none of that oil was coming to the US supply
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:20 PM
Jun 2022

instead it would have been sold abroad.

It is terribly dirty stuff; according to MrYellowdog who is a retired petroleum geologist it is called tar sand oil for a reason. It is thick and gooey like tar, expensive to refine and highly polluting

robertpaulsen

(8,632 posts)
7. And if you want pictures of who brought that on
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:19 PM
Jun 2022

Here's a few faces I would place blame on before trying to dump it on Biden:










Or if you want to go way back to the root of the problem...










Nah, let's stick with a current face that gives name to our pain...




Guess it doesn't matter what time. It's always greedy rich old white motherfuckers.

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
9. it needs to be emphasized continually and loudly that fuel prices are even higher in
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:22 PM
Jun 2022

Europe and other places.

Our elected officials can't be responsible for the worldwide increase.

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