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Trump wants to ‘Drill, baby, drill.’ What does that mean for climate concerns? (alaskapublic.org)
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[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 0 points 2 hours ago

He can't make the unextractable extractable. Nor can he make consumption stop. In terms of the Keeling curve, the impact is exactly zero.

[–] JGcEowt4YXuUtkBUGHoN@slrpnk.net 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

One thing that I’m hopefully about is that solar is so cheap now so that will continue to roll out like crazy unless someone places huge tariffs on imported goods… oh shit. I just found out about the massive tariffs that fascist is wanting to put in place.

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Solar and wind are only relatively cheap if you don't need to buffer. Unfortunately, you do. And electricity production is only a fraction of primary energy use. Concrete, steel, glass, fertilizer, chemistry, diesel and bunker fuel for shipping and mining. Can't make new renewable infrastructure without fossil extraction.

[–] RevengeOfTheFallen@reddthat.com 9 points 11 hours ago

The guy literally loves fellating.

Always wanting to drill everywhere.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 12 hours ago

🔥🌎🔥

[–] graycube@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Assuming there is more oil to drill for...

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 11 hours ago

There's more oil. Peak oil is about easy to get oil, not actually running out. We'll spend whatever it takes to keep this machine turning.