More carbon, stat
This is what I’m saying.
Biden calls on US oil refiners to raise gas and diesel production to tackle prices
Climate change? What’s that? Ohhh right, that; yes well that’s a concern but it’s long-term, gas prices are now.
Now trumps long-term, and that’s that.
Joe Biden on Wednesday called on US oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of war between Russia and Ukraine as Americans struggle with record high prices at the pump.
“The crunch that families are facing deserves immediate action,” the president wrote in a letter to major oil refiners. “Your companies need to work with my Administration to bring forward concrete, near-term solutions that address the crisis.”
By producing more of the stuff that fuels global warming.
You call slightly elevated gas prices “a crunch?” You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet, Mr. Biden. Once things really kick in and start chewing up the way things are, you’re going to get misty-eyed and nostalgic for the halcyon days of slightly elevated fuel prices; things are happening fast enough that the consequences may not wait politely until you’re dead.
We need cheap gas so we can all pack into our 10 gallon a mile RVs to drive to Yellowstone and get stuck there when the unprecedented floods wash out all the roads.
Except that we’re at the point where “long term” means next week, not next century.
And yet — “now” means today, right now. When you’re struggling to make ends meet and need to go to work every day, and you need to get there by car, even next week is too far in the future; you need to be concerned about right now.
And this is how the planet burns.