What people said 5 voices · verbatim

• C

  It is bonkers that in 2026, as huge swathes of the planet electrify and end the use of fossil fuels, Canada and North America and the G7, and the media that reports on them are still reporting on the oil crisis as if there is no alternative. They continue to do next to nothing to accelerate the transition which would actually insulate their…

  chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caMastodon4h ago21▲view on Mastodon ↗
• S

  True apparently https://amp.dw.com/en/europe-release-diesel-oil-trump/a-79522810 This seems incredibly dumb. Not like there isn't a shortage and massive price increase worldwide. And also I can't possibly see how this helps. 100 million barrels over 4 months is a tiny drop in the total consumption. And isn't it a global market so this can't really…

  shoobe01r/politics3h agoview on r/politics ↗
• U

  Wondering if the more explicit (and desperate) the mantra of ‘growth’ has become in western economies, the less able politics is to contemplate rationing anything. Since economic growth (of anything like the extent needed to stop social democracy from unravelling) is now entering the realms of fantasy, the goto policy position is just to double…

  urlyman@mastodon.socialMastodon2h agoview on Mastodon ↗
• F

  We do, and have US waging economic warfare against us, interfering in our elections, causing our energy crisis, and threatening our sovereignty at every turn. Wish US would worry about it's own shithole but it can't stop bothering everyone else's countries

  flyingdutchmnnr/StockMarket6h agoview on r/StockMarket ↗
• A

  “Leaders of the # G7 , a club of rich democracies, agreed to release 100m barrels of crude oil and diesel to combat the global supply shortage. In response # Trump rescinded a threat to restrict American diesel exports, calling the decision “a great thing”. This week # Russia extended a # diesel export ban, put in place over the summer, until the…

  AnnaAnthro@mastodon.socialMastodon1h agoview on Mastodon ↗