We need to be tamping down fossil fuel extraction, not ramping it up. Approving Willow - much like his giving more oil drilling permits than Trump did - directly contradicts Biden's expressed concern that climate change is an "existential threat." Green energy investment in the Inflation Reduction Act is roughly 5% of the money we give to the Defense Dept., and Defense is the single largest emitter or greenhouse gasses on the planet. We need an emergency level just transition from a dirty economy to a clean economy. Saying how much you care about a problem while actually doing everything to perpetuate it is a road to disaster - for the planet and for us. #disruptthecorrupt theguardian.com/us-news/2023…

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It contradicts his claim. R we an existential threat to ourselves if we're willing to support corporate autocracies & fascist dictators at home & abroad- whatever it takes to have cheap gas NOW? Does ""whatever it takes to"own" the"system"" sabotage green advocacy in any way?
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I'm still paying $5.99 a gallon, DRILL AWAY!!!!
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Biden is more Trump than Trump. "A federal judge on Thursday canceled oil and gas leases of more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, ruling that the Biden administration did not sufficiently take climate change into account when it auctioned the leases late last year."
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Listen, elitist privileged @marwilliamson Unless your privileged self is willing to pay for my gas or new electric car, please shut up. You and your ilk make ZERO sacrifices while expecting those with less to sacrifice everything! You’re no different than any establishment Dem!
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We need our own energy to be safe, secure and economically viable. Do you understand that electric cars require fossil fuels as well?
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Hey AL, still traveling in private aircraft ?? Still feel the air beneath the wings ?? WHY ARE YOU USING FOSSIL FUELS ? You like to cook, or have food cooked, you like staying warm?? HYPOCRISY, you're at the head of the line !!
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Now they're saying that they haven't actually made the decision yet.
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I'm sympathetic, but we need to get those oil prices DOWN.
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Do tell how you plan to "... be tamping down fossil fuel extraction..." when Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia are all places we've decoupled from who are where most fossil fuels come from. This is why you will lose, Marianne. You have an exceptionally high EQ, but not a lick of common sense.