The politics of oil are particularly tricky for Democrats, whose chances for victory in next year’s elections can hinge on whether young, climate-focused voters come out in big numbers.
I heard someone say we are at peak oil now or should be soon so this would make sense. Assuming the trend starts going down now…
OPEC+ has been cutting production recently and the US has filled that gap. The reason people presume we hit peak oil soon is basically EVs. Cars make up a huge part of the global oil consumption and replacing them with anything not using oil would change the equation a lot. The other big story is China and the Chinese economy crashing. If that happens we are going to see a massive decrease in emissions very quickly.
Plus Russia isn’t exporting to Europe anymore and the Democrats need to keep gas prices as low as possible because that’s all swing voters care about.
Changing things via broad policy takes a long, long time.
Especially when your broad policy reinforces the status quo.
Like, CO² taxes for oil production?
Why would WaPo use space for that particular divisive article I wonder.
It’s a motherfucking mystery!
He doesn’t have to. There are thousands of stickers on gas pumps all across the country (particularly in red states) praising him for it thanks to the dimwitted MAGA morons. It’s all basically free propaganda for him.
When demands grows, production soon follows. And since Russian oil is no-no, it’s natural that domestic production grows. Given how the effects of pollution are in many ways globalized, it’s completely irrelevant how much oil is produced and consumed in any geographical area. We should be concerned of global production and use.
That’ll happen when other sources are cut off
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