https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/1/headlines/biden_to_eschew_cop28_as_us_opens_another_oil_and_gas_leasing_auction
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the Biden Administration's actions re a new round of oil and gas leasing auctions could potentially "erase" any climate gains in the Inflation Reduction Act. The USA is now the world's largest oil producer, and in 2022 66% of our oil came from the fracking of shale. Often called shale oil, it's also referred to as "tight oil". As you may know, drilling for it often has resulted in big problems (all of which usually are denied by the industry).
At the global level, we now have twenty countries (including the USA) planning to expand oil production for twenty-six more years.
In addition, COP 28 (which started today) is being run by the CEO of one of the largest oil producers in the world. Do you think there's any conflict of interest in such a scenario? Seems likely, eh?
As pointed out previously on this Blog, we do need to use fossil fuels in the immediate future in order to construct and distribute massive numbers of Green energy gizmos and new electrical power lines. I don't know for how long, but surely not twenty-six more years.
Is it not yet clear that the Establishment is on the wrong path? And not yet clear that voters keep electing politicians to high office who favor consumerism over ecological principles? If this whole business weren't so tragic, it would be laughable.
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Not only my opinion. Take Care
