Such a wonderful idea.
Bill McKibben @billmckibben
20 Apr 2020
Since the oil industry is running out of places to store their unwanted product...perhaps we should just keep it in the ground. Forever.

Apr 20, 2020 · 9:29 PM UTC

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Turn in your iPhone you hypocrite
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Huh?
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What about the young men and women working in the oil fields supporting family, putting kids through college , supporting elderly parents. Throw em to the wolves????
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Not at all! “A just transition” refers to transitioning from a dirty to a clean economy repurposing all those talents towards the development of green energy. With no one allowed to fall through the cracks.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Indeed.. And while we are at it, ground the Cruise Ship Industry.
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Nukes.
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I wish we heard about testing, ppe+ long term care facilities strategies/strategies to protect the vulnerable as much as barrels of oil. #bigoil
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Yeah, until you run out of gas to drive your car with.
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Remember when the doomsayers said we would run out of oil? 🤣
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Perhaps, that would be nice, but I suspect someday petrol-bots will pull it all out of the ground in a single generation.
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