> In democracies we could have voted for guys wanting gas to cost 50 bucks per gallon... So this is on us
Only kind of. The oil companies dusted off the old tobacco playbook. Democracies are unfortunately terribly vulnerable to well-funded liars.
> In democracies we could have voted for guys wanting gas to cost 50 bucks per gallon... So this is on us
Only kind of. The oil companies dusted off the old tobacco playbook. Democracies are unfortunately terribly vulnerable to well-funded liars.
Approximately 0% of voters vote to ban fossil fuel use in cars overnight (some want to phase it out over a decade or two). So do you think it's too late and voters rationally don't want to anymore, or that almost every voter is still believing lies promoted by oil companies? What are the lies?
The lies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_deni...
The lies are all well known and well documented by the likes of Naomi Klein ("This Changes Everything") - go have a read