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hunter

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71. Always sounds xenophobic to me...

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 04:25 PM

Mar 2023

The U.S.A. is a wealthy nation, first built on slavery, and then by fossil fuels.

Those greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are ours. We need to own them.

My wife and I, by some planning and greater good fortune, have managed to avoid the automobile commuter lifestyle for most of out adult lives.

But I will confess that in my misspent youth I burned a lot of gasoline on the road between San Onofre an Humboldt Bay protesting nuclear power.

And more widely, other equally frivolous pursuits across the Southwestern U.S.A and Northwestern Mexico.

In 1980 I was regularly making about eight dollars an hour and more for overtime. My rent was less than a hundred bucks a month, rough places, but I didn't care, I was a rough guy. Sometimes I could pay the rent with a day's work. Gasoline was almost free.

I'll never repay that environmental debt.

All I can do now is talk.

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Thread on Biden re: Willow drilling (Biden had no leverage re Willow. Lease was signed decades ago) [View all] Roland99 Mar 2023 OP

How many people will decide not to vote on account of this Walleye Mar 2023 #1

IMHO, the election is 18 months away Roland99 Mar 2023 #2

I think you are probably right, there is so much more going on Walleye Mar 2023 #3

No doubt! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #5

I would have Demsrule86 Mar 2023 #4

Hi Dems! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #8

Hi. :) We know plenty did. Others... Hortensis Mar 2023 #42

We keep speaking up, as with this OP. yardwork Mar 2023 #10

Last night Kamala Harris PatSeg Mar 2023 #70

Hard to say who won't vote and who will. I always vote, but I'm extremely disappointed. Magoo48 Mar 2023 #11

Well we know for a fact that Republicans don't even believe in science. We need to know more? Walleye Mar 2023 #12

+1 betsuni Mar 2023 #50

We need Delphinus Mar 2023 #6

We know we cannot count on the media to point these facts up SheltieLover Mar 2023 #9

The only Willow I'm concerned about IronLionZion Mar 2023 #7

What great photos! PatSeg Mar 2023 #19

Must be the official white house photographer IronLionZion Mar 2023 #22

I had found this one this past weekend BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #23

"Ya'll can go ahead with the meeting. I'll be over here taking care of something...." nt Carlitos Brigante Mar 2023 #45

What a good life! PatSeg Mar 2023 #48

Oh yes, that's what I figured PatSeg Mar 2023 #47

See? There's always more than first upfront news. The AP was the first to point out ancianita Mar 2023 #13

Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #18

Thank you for the explanation! femmedem Mar 2023 #14

Good to know. I consider myself schooled! n/t CousinIT Mar 2023 #15

Yeah, as do I.. PJB is an "Environmental Pres".. Cha Mar 2023 #33

Thank you for explaining this situation so it's understandable and describes Biden's situation. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #16

My question is why do WE have to DIG to find this out. Why hasn't the administration been Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #28

ALL inthewind21 Mar 2023 #35

Bull shit Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #41

This is why inthewind21 Mar 2023 #34

Reduced the impact by 8% News Junkie Mar 2023 #40

Mahalo Fla Dem! Even when Cha Mar 2023 #59

Confirms what I've heard. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 #17

The administration could have scored many political points sacrificing the possibility of concession Malmsy Mar 2023 #20

I would much Nar1987 Mar 2023 #26

IIRC those leases were done in 1999 BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #21

Used to be subbed to the Nar1987 Mar 2023 #24

Excuses, excuses orthoclad Mar 2023 #25

Catastrophic climate change is pretty much a sure bet Kaleva Mar 2023 #30

No, I think orthoclad Mar 2023 #54

Few people are willing to adopt a net zero lifestyle. Kaleva Mar 2023 #61

It''s not a matter of consumer choice, orthoclad Mar 2023 #62

They are not going to cut emissions anyways Kaleva Mar 2023 #63

Always sounds xenophobic to me... hunter Mar 2023 #71

You can help the younger generations prepare Kaleva Mar 2023 #72

Including the Tick-Tok star Luke Mullen, who--without any seeming sense of irony-- Just A Box Of Rain Mar 2023 #73

Well inthewind21 Mar 2023 #36

What's your plan then? mcar Mar 2023 #39

Sorry that reality irritates you? tritsofme Mar 2023 #49

"All or nothing gets you nothing." W_HAMILTON Mar 2023 #53

Headline: Roosevelt orthoclad Mar 2023 #56

Facts Are Facts.. they are NOT Cha Mar 2023 #58

President Biden did well. Texaswitchy Mar 2023 #27

The reality is that Biden was powerless to stop this, although... Lancero Mar 2023 #29

I feel better about the situation now. crickets Mar 2023 #31

Good.. Ty! Too bad those who Cha Mar 2023 #32

The lawsuit environmentalists have announced should settle this ripcord Mar 2023 #37

Thank you for this mcar Mar 2023 #38

Seems to me that saying that "Biden approved this" is a bit of a misnomer... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #43

Yeah, It's Disinformation. Cha Mar 2023 #60

The rule is to assume anything bad about Biden is true without bothering to find out, never betsuni Mar 2023 #44

So...they denied two of the five drill sites. How did that happen when they had no leverage? progressoid Mar 2023 #46

I'd also like to hear the reason for this NickB79 Mar 2023 #52

I'm getting a strong impression that Willow outrage is mostly manufactured. Torchlight Mar 2023 #51

Kick yardwork Mar 2023 #55

Mahalo, Roland! I've been passing Cha Mar 2023 #57

I'm bookmarking this OP. Hugs to you, Cha, I saw you in those threads. Hekate Mar 2023 #66

Mahalo, Hekate... Cha Mar 2023 #68

Please tell the VP. moondust Mar 2023 #64

Wow.. that's too bad! nt Cha Mar 2023 #69

🌺 Friends of Biden: Please Bookmark this OP. We need to be able to haul it out repeatedly ... Hekate Mar 2023 #65

Excellent addendum to the outrage over this matter peggysue2 Mar 2023 #67