i read some of this thread
the problem with "global warming" is the name. we've been having longer winters so people are like lol global warming aint real, even tho our summers have been hotter and hotter, more droughts across the world, wildfires etc.
but yo most science dudes agree on one thing, the term "global warming" sucks. its viewed as simple "climate change" now.
and nycspitz, big oil has every interest in keeping big oil around, and have been for years. its been behind basically everything, from prohibition to wars we are in today
lets say as a nation we wake up, we drive cars off ethanol and renewable fuel and we get rid of all the fossil fuels and bullshit right.
the major oil producing companies are still gonna sell oil to other nations. america is nothing without being a major competitor in all markets yo. theres a reason why we buy oil, and go to war over oil, EVEN WHEN OUR OWN COUNTRY produces enough oil to be self sustaining 10x over
its all money. big wigs. big business. if you think the oil companies can't do WHATEVER they want, you aint looking deep enough.
right now with our control of afghanistan and its lithium deposits and the control we have over parts of africa we could make cars that you plug in at night and drive across the country tomorrow in.
its not just money in selling oil. its money in all petroleum based products from paints to fuels to everything, on top of that there is an entire industry built around the use of those oil products, so everything from a gas station to a regular mechanic would be severely affected by it.
its the same as with prohibition yo. when alcohol was prohibited, there were big organisations and shit, all made to combat alcohol, when alcohol was legal again, they needed a new enemy or all those people lose there jobs, so they demonised weed. and it ties in too. because alcohol being prohibited had alot to do with cars running off diesel back in the day. diesel motors can run off ethanol, created in the distilling of alcohol. so big oil companies wanted to sell there petroleum based fuels and they helped blackball liquor. but like i was saying those groups out fighting alcohol needed a new enemy, so they turned to drugs, like weed and etc. meanwhile the first model T's body panels were made from a carbon fiber form of HEMP.
so really its just corporations going for eachothers necks
protip - oil never loses
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