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Gotta hand it to the fossil fuels industry, they got what they wanted and their propaganda worked.
And now Americans have a janky grid, slower / more expensive transportation, and bigger power bills.
At least we are free*
*Terms and conditions apply
The last ones the one that matters most but their supporters can’t read a list that long in one sitting.
6 is the “one of the good ones” clause
"free" is the sound that natural gas makes as it is released from its underground prison ...
"Natural gas."
Oh, right, the benign-soundingmarketing term for methane.
Capitalism doesn't solve for society, it solves for capital.
There is no profit in making the world a better place.
It turns out that there is a lot of profit in making the world a worse place.
That depends on the incentives. Society can change those to some extent.
And likely those statements will not change anytime soon in the foreseeable future.
So far.