These are leftist control freaks. There is no reasoning with them.
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It’s a psychological trick, create hatred and use various persuasion methods to get a grouo to hate.
It’s called demagoguery
Cheap energy has enabled the creation of a large middle class, and there are some people who hate the idea that some people, a lot of people, are able to work their way to a better life.
I actually think these people are Avatar dreamers stuck in the insane desire to have an idyllic world like that portrayed in James Cameron’s movies. IMO, the only cure for them is euthanasia.
Aside from his idiocy (the nagging question he can’t figure out, which at its core is utter hypocrisy of the left), I very much like his proposal.
LOVE it, in fact.
BTTT
Most of the ecofreaks are just idiots, with no knowledge of economics, science or anything useful.
The leaders of the eco movement are the billionaires, who expect to buy up hydrocarbons for pennies on the dollar and then sell the new message that hydrocarbons are a miracle fuel.
In a word... indoctrination.
The petro industry represents liberty. The left hates that freedom.
Petroleum powers freedom. And it pollutes. So double whammy.
I use one simple question to determine if they are worthy. Ask them “where does electricity come from?”. If their answer is the wall plug, you have your answer!
It’s an old ploy, beat the stocks down then accumulate for the inevitable rise fueled by the “new” policies which then support the industry. Lots of insiders will make tons of money. Washington is the world capital of hypocrisy and corruption.
I love fossil fuels. God put them there for us to enjoy.
Coal is the only fossil fuel.
The same demagoguery is being used against plastics. Instead of banning plastic grocery bags, the manufacturers should support a ban on all plastics in states which pick on a few examples. No paint, no condoms, no rubber gloves, no rubber at all, would wake people up.
Of course this would be impossible as the world is too interconnected; just as fossil fuels can’t be selectively but totally removed.
Methane as an aside, is not from fossils, as the solar system has oceans of methane throughout.
Fossil Fuels liberated the world and allowed the world to be occupied in most places. It is true that they allowed the whole world to grow its population and feed most of it. Without them, the world would shrink to the 300 million people that the elitists want.
They hate Capitalism and America. The energy industry is the heart of those hatreds.
I see hatred of fossil fuels as a derivative hatred of free enterprise capitalism and personal liberty.
How dare you become wealthy and make all your own personal decisions!
Mass psychosis!