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

[Deesse23]

It will be defeated at our gates just like the Mongols were defeated. You just fuck off out of our land and don't come back.

He thinks this is the medieval. Well at least his mind is stuck there.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It will be defeated at our gates just like the Mongols were defeated. You just fuck off out of our land and don't come back.

He thinks this is the medieval. Well at least his mind is stuck there.

Actually, he's just a moron.

[Deesse23]

We don't need your American help asshole; we trusted you once and you enslaved us you assholes.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what makes people fly planes into skyscrapers, amongst other things: Lumping all people of a group together and then apply the
"guilty by association" fallacy.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We don't need your American help asshole; we trusted you once and you enslaved us you assholes.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what makes people fly planes into skyscrapers, amongst other things: Lumping all people of a group together and then apply the
"guilty by association" fallacy.

"enslaved"? Who was enslaved? I know AllAss33 is a prisoner in his own mind, but that's not slavery.

[LastPoet]

Well, yeah, je has been spiraling downward like Mystic Knight did. Both of them started rather moderate but fell into the religious abyss.

The funnier part of it is that he made MK his enemy when they have so much in common. He even accuses klorophil of being MK, despite kloro being another kuran worshipper, not really MK and I know MK cant make the discourse kloro does.

At the end of the day, we have them sacred book followers not agreeing on anything of worth, just bartering on who has the right interpretation™.

Funny but sad to withness at the same time.

[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?

[Brian37]

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.

[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.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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.

And the saddest bit is that there are countries the have eliminated virtually ALL fossil fuels, and other that have decreased their use by as much as 50%. This is why I have trouble taking seriously the arguments against alternative energy sources.

Boru

[TaraJo]

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.

And the saddest bit is that there are countries the have eliminated virtually ALL fossil fuels, and other that have decreased their use by as much as 50%. This is why I have trouble taking seriously the arguments against alternative energy sources.

Boru

That's what happens when the same corporate entities that own the politicians also own the media and pump an anti-alternative energy message into the media.  

I just hope when/if big oil has less of a voice, we can finally start getting some green and alternative energy and push for more energy efficiency.  Hell, building a new, green energy infrastructure could start pulling us out of the depression that the coronavirus kicked off.  Lots of jobs could be created building and maintaining hydroelectric systems, geothermal plants, windmills and solar panels.  New, more efficient cars and generators and other engines could bring even more jobs.  Sure, we'll still have some fossil fuels, but we wouldn't be so addicted to them that we're suddenly crippled if something happens to the supply.

Also, worth saying this: the public is much better served with the price drop we have.  A lot of people are struggling with money right now.  A lot of jobs have been lost, a lot of others are taking a big pay cut and one of the jobs a lot of people are turning to are delivery drivers.  Guess what?  Those drivers are saving a lot of money now that they're paying half as much for gas at the pump.  

But I can also see a problem to it.  I live in Oklahoma and oil is a big industry here. There are a lot of people who have jobs that depend on the oil industry here and they're losing hours, losing their jobs, taking pay cuts, things like that.  I'm not without sympathy for them.