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mr_lebowski

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23. I root for gas to be $10/gallon myself ... but NOT if it's just because of oil companies gouging us

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:47 PM

Jan 2020

But rather because it's physically becoming harder to extract oil from the ground cheaply. And/Or borderline-punitive taxes meant to curb use, purposefully.

IOW I want there to begin to be actual scarcity, because that's the only POSSIBLE way the world is going to freaking get serious about climate change and fixing this absolutely unsustainable, perpetual growth-based economy we're locked into right now. It's a death spiral my friend.

It's not about 'wishing misery on people now', it's about caring about the other creatures on this planet AND caring about future human generations!

Cheap petroleum has a LOT of drawbacks, whether people care to admit it or not.

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