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LiberaBlueDem

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1. Americans are addicted to oil

Reply to diva77 (Original post)

Fri Sep 8, 2023, 07:53 PM

Sep 2023

We use more oil than anyone, and our businesses thrive on the cheap dirty oil being bought and burned all over the world.

And we line up at gas stations with ever bigger gas burners so we can buy fast food faster. Crazy, right?

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Neocolonial Debt Traps Are Forcing Poorer Countries to Rely on Fossil Fuels [View all] diva77 Sep 2023 OP

Americans are addicted to oil LiberaBlueDem Sep 2023 #1

I frequently pass by a long line of about 25 giant SUVs, engines running, waiting to go thru the diva77 Sep 2023 #2

So if they had no foreign debt they wouldn't sell their oil? I doubt that EX500rider Sep 2023 #3

The solutions being offered are a little more involved than that alone diva77 Sep 2023 #4

DURec leftstreet Sep 2023 #5

K&R for visibility. crickets Sep 2023 #6