BREAKING: Oil crashes by most since 1991 as Saudi Arabia launches price war

[TaraJo]

Oh no, with this kind of financial hit, how can we ever expect oil companies to be able to afford to pay for all these elections?  What will they ever do if they can't legally bribe every politician?

Humans are fucking stupid. Party and  race and  global politics will never change that anyone on any side has to stop burning fossil fuels. Humans don't win long term by ignoring we are not a separate species.

Mostly, what's bothered me is that fossil fuels have fought so hard to prevent any research or development into alternative energies, especially green energy.  Do I think we're going to be able to function without all those gas burning cars filling the streets?  No.  But I also don't think it would hurt to build a few more windmills here or there and maybe build a few hydroelectric dams.  Unfortunately, doing things like that would hurt oil company profits so politicians have been actively fighting against them.  Previously, elected officials would at least be subtle about it, but then Trump came in and started talking about windmill cancer.