People do make the link from the political leadership to the economic performance: if the economy is bad, it's the fault of the politicians. People don't make this link with the climate or weather... especially when it's trend that matters, not individual specific years.Let's hope awareness continues to spread and that businesses, investors and consumers continue to make better choices so that environmental friendly products are no longer optional but necessary to survive as a company. — Benkei
people actually doing good — StreetlightX
Probably because they don't reduce activism to 'petitioning those in power to act on their behalf' — StreetlightX
sucking up to power. — StreetlightX
MLK was a real suck up to power, too. — Xtrix
President Joe Biden, concerned that gasoline prices at a seven-year high are stoking inflation in America, has called on the 23-nation alliance (OPEC) to turn on the taps and bring down crude prices.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signaled OPEC+ will continue raising oil output cautiously and won’t bow to U.S. pressure to pump faster. - OPEC+, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, is currently increasing daily output by 400,000 barrels per month.
“That should be enough,” UAE Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei said in an interview in Abu Dhabi, where he’s attending the ADIPEC oil and gas conference.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and partners next meet on Dec. 2. Crude prices have climbed around 60% this year to more than $80 a barrel, with several energy executives and leaders such as Vladimir Putin saying they could get to $100.
Actual appropriate steps would be more of investments in the "Manhattan project" -scale to tackle climate issues and simply get non-fossil fuels and energy to be cheaper than fossil fuels. Then things would change rapidly. But otherwise we just create a mess.The problem with climate action is that if the appropriate steps were taken, the result would be a global economic meltdown. — Agent Smith
The problem with climate action is that if the appropriate steps were taken, the result would be a global economic meltdown. — Agent Smith
This stupid statement is like something out of Don’t Look Up. — Xtrix
Forget it. Go back to sleep. You’re right: economic collapse. Thank God you’re here to save the economy. True, without a livable planet there is no economy— but no matter. Carry on — Xtrix
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