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Attilatheblond

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6. And fossil fuels are finite, but the miners/drillers donate a lot of money to pols

Reply to cliffside (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:11 PM

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so they can squeeze every last dime out of Mother Earth rather than face reality and invest in sustainable energy.

I get SO tired of idiots saying 'but renewables are costly and require government subsidies' from the damned idiots who don't know BIG OIL and BIG COAL got over 100 years of subsidies. And we will spend forever trying to clean up the damage fossil fuels have done.

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