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CousinIT

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3. If America were smart it would have disinvested from petro and invested heavily

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:21 PM

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in renewable energy decades ago.

But, it's clearly not smart - look what it (or rather Elon Musk) installed as "President".

Disinvesting from fossil fuels and investing instead in clean renewables would have avoided much of this.

But ....

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