I just cannot fathom being pro-fossil fuel in the current climate no matter the personal upside.
this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2023
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if they were just being pragmatic, I'd understand. But they're frothing at the mouth to evangelize oil, and are busy fellating the oil industry with subsidies while simultaneously placing a moratorium on clean energy development in the province. It's maddening.
Being a rabid climate-change denier is a right-wing shibboleth at this point: to be a "good member of the tribe" and especially a leader, there's certain virtues (vices) you need to publicly signal if you want to cling to power.
This is just one of them.
Smith et al know the science is settled. If you gave them a shot of truth serum, they'd freely admit it. They just have to go through the motions, or else some even more rabid proto-fascist will push them out. This is what spending the last quarter-century engaging in pure identity politics, victimization and rage-farming has done to the political right.
I'm old, rich and greedy. I hate my offspring and don't GAF about anybody else. I won't be alive to see the world burn. I want to make as much money as I can so that I can get (or stay) on the Forbes list. (It's all I care about)
I can't imagine it's actually like this, im guessing their just surrounded by pro oil propaganda. So they rationalize making gobs of money by believing that they aren't doing harm.
It's probably really easy when everything in their life rewards them being pro oil.
Yeah that's likely their thought process, lack of empathy I guess