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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumImportant..To really truly understand the WHAT and wtf why...IMPORTANT
Last edited Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:33 PM - Edit history (1)
"Trump, Putin, and the pipelines to nowhere"
If youre an American, youre likely misinformed about the most dire crisis in our world.
American journalists, pundits and media executives have largely convinced themselves that climate change is not a serious political issue, because they think the polls tell them that. A majority of American voters regularly tell pollsters they dont think climate change is a critically important election issue, so therefore the media decides it must not be an important political issue at all.
Unfortunately, that conventional wisdom blinds us to both to the actual bedrock reality of this era, and as I see it the defining aim of the in-coming Trump administration: delaying climate action.
Trump has surrounded himself with more oil industry and oil industry connected people than any president in history (even George W. Bush).
You cant understand whats going on with Trump unless you understand the oil industry and you cant understand the oil industry without understanding climate change.
https://medium.com/@AlexSteffen/trump-putin-and-the-pipelines-to-nowhere-742d745ce8fd#.fpgnsgcsk
If youre an American, youre likely misinformed about the most dire crisis in our world.
American journalists, pundits and media executives have largely convinced themselves that climate change is not a serious political issue, because they think the polls tell them that. A majority of American voters regularly tell pollsters they dont think climate change is a critically important election issue, so therefore the media decides it must not be an important political issue at all.
Unfortunately, that conventional wisdom blinds us to both to the actual bedrock reality of this era, and as I see it the defining aim of the in-coming Trump administration: delaying climate action.
Trump has surrounded himself with more oil industry and oil industry connected people than any president in history (even George W. Bush).
You cant understand whats going on with Trump unless you understand the oil industry and you cant understand the oil industry without understanding climate change.
https://medium.com/@AlexSteffen/trump-putin-and-the-pipelines-to-nowhere-742d745ce8fd#.fpgnsgcsk
go to medium website and scroll down to trump, Putin and the pipelines to nowhere
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Important..To really truly understand the WHAT and wtf why...IMPORTANT (Original Post)
pbmus
Dec 2016
OP
triron
(22,240 posts)1. The link does not
relate to the post.
pbmus
(12,439 posts)2. Go to medium website and scroll down to title of article..
Trump, Putin and pipelines to nowhere by Alex Steffens
triron
(22,240 posts)3. So you think Big Oil
is a big driving factor or not in producing what we appear to be stuck with?
What is your take?
pbmus
(12,439 posts)4. how about THE driving factor, and of course trumpet being in the next top 5 on greediest forbes list
Last edited Fri Dec 16, 2016, 03:52 PM - Edit history (3)
besides the dinos need another 10-25 years to suck the life out of this planet before moving on to blacker patches of the universe
The physical fight between dirty energy and climate is the titanic struggle of this century...with the winner being either quality of life or hell on earth.
The spiritual fight between greed and compassion is the megalithic challenge that is really at the heart of the universe and the point of the fight.
i wish I could write to tell you that this will all end well...??
We just elected one of the "-----------."
We just elected one of the "-----------."