Shut down that nasty Keystone pipeline, regulating fracking and other US oil production out of existence, have already shut down coal.
So now we just import 500,000-600,000 barrels of oil A DAY from Russia.
And then we abandon Afghanistan like a damned screaming 2 year old running from a spider and end up with Russia invading Ukraine, which is now SHELLING the largest nuclear plant in Europe.
Going to be really green when that radiation trails through the atmosphere. ANd we're going to do a lot to help the climate and environment b/c I'm sure Russian drilling and transport of oil is far more environmentally conscious than what we do in the US.
Great move. Really. Genius. Don't worry about cause and effect or economic incentives. Ignore all of that and just be a religious zealot. That always works out well.
We're about to see stagflation, with rising inflation and interest rates. B/c the inflationary pressures are structural, due to our shrinking ability to provide for our energy needs well before we have shifted to any alternatives. It's going to be REALLY painful, and politically unsurvivable btw, which means it will all be pointless in the end.
And during this time we'll see expansion of totalitarianism and even more environmental damage than people can imagine.
Maybe, just maybe, an economically and energy secure United States is really what's important to the future of this planet, so we can defend against the fascists and lunatics and support democracy and liberty. From a position of strength we can do things like work on better energy usage. From a position of weakness we can't even survive, much less influence world policy.
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