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applegrove

(131,411 posts) Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 AM Mar 2016

The only way to end terrorism is to end dependence on fossil fuels asap. [View all]

Oh sure big oil will squeal. Expect a war from them. Actually there already is a fossil fuel war going on courtesy of the Republican Party and it's denial of climate change propaganda. Just like the last time the world changed from one sort of energy to another, human to coal, and the power shifted from the Southern plantation owners to fossil fuels. Why would we expect anything different than a war?

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The only way to end terrorism is to end dependence on fossil fuels asap. [View all] applegrove Mar 2016 OP

I hope we can stay safe astrophuss42 Mar 2016 #1

We could also do away with bathtubs and end the risk of drowning in them Major Nikon Mar 2016 #2

That won't end terrorism TheDormouse Mar 2016 #3

Right now ISIS is flush with money. Less so with the price of oil falling and the coalition applegrove Mar 2016 #4

But your OP is overly simplistic. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #5

I did make the point simpler. If only to highlight the point the the owners applegrove Mar 2016 #6

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