The world is on fire and everyone is worried about gas prices lol

[wildman76]

[onecaliberal]

1. The traitor media doesn't report anything.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. This is exactly why I'm such a relentless doomsayer on climate change

'The Market' cannot fix the problem of 5B people across 180+ countries being hopelessly addicted to cheap energy.

The ENTIRE economy is based on fossil fuel availability.

No government has the power to correct this problem.

We're fucked.

Well, I'll probably be dead, but the proverbial 'children and grand-children' are fucked.

As soon as you cut supply of fossil fuels by any means/for any reason ... too many people are going to complain. 'The Earth' will never, ever get the level of 'buy-in' she needs from human beings. We want, we need, we depend on ... that energy. We WILL suck it all from the ground, and destroy our climate.

This is why we'll never meet any aliens, either. Because this will happen on every World.

It's baked into the Universe's cake.

[wildman76]

5. Individual acts can create change

[former9thward]

8. No, they can't.

Individual acts compared to the size of the world's economies are so small and insignificant it almost can't be measured. Poster Hugh is correct.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

11. There are no ACTS ... unless they create BILLIONS LESS PEOPLE ON EARTH ... that is gonna do shit

I'm almost amused by the people who maintain there is any other 'solution' (at least, one that is known at this time).

Let alone one based on 'individual acts'.

Unless those acts are 'having zero children' and 'dying soon'.

And they're undertaken by billions of people.

Those are literally the solutions before us now.

Cause we waited WAAAAAAAAY the fuck too long to act. And we still aren't even doing so now.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

[Kaleva]

17. They can increase your chances of successfully adapting

[DBoon]

18. only if your name is Joe Manchin

Individual acts by him would create change. Unfortunately, he chooses fossil fuel money over the future of the planet.

[Kaleva]

19. Same with me. Climate change is real.

But people go about their lives like there's nothing to worry about. They give lip service but their lack of action suggests they are deniers.

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Nah, many are concerned with Jen and Ben.

Amirite?

[wildman76]

4. Lol absolutely 👍

[robodruid1]

6. Price of gas controls everything

Which is why we should be embracing Nuclear Power generation.

[wildman76]

7. We control everything all we have to do is stick together

[robodruid1]

10. We do not have a great track record on that.

But i guess we can try.

[G_j]

9. more fake heat

darn liberal media

[Torchlight]

12. I worry about gas prices. I worry about climate change.

There's a lot to worry about in the here and now, but I'm certainly in no position to taunt others in regards to the uncertainties and misgivings in their own lives.

Sometimes I speak of one, other times I speak of the other. Still other times, I speak of neither at the expense of a further worry. I think we often (and incorrectly) attribute apathy to a particular contextual silence.

[Meadowoak]

13. $3.98 gal today, a month ago, $4.99.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Where?

We've only seen it fall from $5.599 to $4.919.
You saw 25%. We saw 11% here in NE Illinois.
What area are you seeing those decreases?

[Meadowoak]

21. Central KY.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Aha!

I'm glad for you folks. Why we haven't seen similar is confounding.

[maxrandb]

14. My reply when folks bitch about gas prices

"Thank God President Biden's economy is so effing strong I can afford to pay a little more for freedom and democracy"

Retrumplicans want to take is back to a time when gas prices were so low ONLY THE 1% COULD AFFORD IT!

[wildman76]

16. Totally agree

[MichMan]

22. With my IRA down 20% and inflation up 9% I'm not feeling very wealthy.

Good for those who do I guess.

[AntiFascist]

15. If only BBB could be passed with more wind and solar power, and charging stations across the US...

but then there's Manchin....