by Tom Kirkman » Sat 27 Jun 2020, 09:04:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GHung', 'T')om Kirkman sounds terrified his world is changing.
All in on an oil-based future, Tom? Totally addicted to your 19th century energy sources?
Nah, I just amuse myself with poking fun at Chicken Little panic-mongers. The world is not ending. Although the far left seems to want to burn it down.
Newsweek rejoices at the oil price crash, and urges the U.S. government to take a stake in faltering oil companies in order to shut down U.S. oil production and force "renewable" energy.
And then urges Democrats to tie the oil price crash to Covid-19 and "Social Justice" and "Climate Emergency".
Insanity.
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Democrats Need Both Climate and Jobs at the Center of COVID-19 Recovery
https://www.newsweek.com/green-deal-jobs-climate-coronavirus-democrats-1513740$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ith oil prices collapsing, hundreds of upstream oil and gas companies are expecting to face bankruptcy in the next two years. As in the auto bailout, the U.S. federal government could take an ownership stake in these companies and mandate a reorganization away from fossil fuel production and toward renewable energy. ...
... it is generally understood that plagues drive change. The immediate priority now is ensuring that Democrats hardwire climate concerns and social justice into their COVID-19 recovery plans. As we seek to rebuild, what comes next should be more resilient - not just to the spread of pandemics, but to the challenges posed by the climate emergency.