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bareboneschicken t1_iwo5ipr wrote

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Roguecurv t1_iwocblb wrote

Best who get that money while they can? It ain't you and I playboy.

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breaditbans t1_iwpsfn4 wrote

It is if you own any stock in the major oil producers. They pay some of the highest dividends of all equities. If have a pension or most 401k plans, you probably own some of these companies

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Roguecurv t1_iwq1tpz wrote

And your pensions and 401ks are in the dirt while groceries are up 20%.

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tickleMyBigPoop t1_iwp3wp5 wrote

$50,000-$70,000, depending on where you work, a year starting pay fresh out of high school.

Find me another job that pays that much fresh out of high school

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BoneyDanza t1_iwsiwg8 wrote

Do you mind doing solar installation? I worked 9 months and made 45k. That was after working in kitchens for 10 years with zero degree and I was 30. If you are 19 and you can lift or move, 50k is attainable after a few years.

If you want to make GOOD money, just learn everything about one industry. research the tools, methods, materials, where Jim puts his wrench, when the supervisor takes a smoke break, learn ALL of it. I worked under a guy at bookface that started as a tech with no degree. Within 5 years he was a 6 figure manager.

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bareboneschicken t1_iwon2mq wrote

Better than it going to OPEC+. If American oil production was high enough, we could have forced a real embargo on Russian oil.

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myklob t1_iwonlbh wrote

We don't need to cut off the supply. We need to cut off demand. It is ridiculous all the people who drive cars that use gas say we should stop producing oil. The production by those evil oil and gas companies isn't the problem. You have met the enemy. The enemy is ourselves. The enemy is looking at us in the mirror. Buildings produce more global warming than transportation. Do you work or live in a building? Cows and agriculture produce more global warming than transportation. Europe, Africa, and South America all need energy. People may starve. It's not a joke. It's not a time for everyone to share their feelings and thoughts who have never thought about it and had to deal with how the world is instead of just how they wish the world were. People in Pakistan have no energy because they are getting priced out of the markets because of the Russia/Ukraine situation. And you demand that we cut off the supply, without thinking about the consequences, because voters that use oil and gas in their cars and homes are hypocrites, and demand that politicians live in a make-believe world, in which food just magically appears because spoiled western hypocrites think tractors can operate on dreams and fairy dust. Is it better that poor Asians, Africans, and South Americans get 100% of their energy from Russia, Saudi Arabia, or the US? OPEC is run like a diamond monopoly, and they artificially raise the prices, kill gays, and objectify and dominate women. Why don't we tax THE USE OF OIL AND GAS, not the production? Shouldn't we demand to know that people who say we should not produce oil and gas put their lives where their mouths are and prove to us that they do not live in houses or use transportation? Or explain why it is better for South America to get oil and gas from Russia than us?

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bareboneschicken t1_iwoo4us wrote

There are taxes on consumption. People pay at the pump. Are those taxes high enough? Perhaps not but you'll look long and hard before you find a politician with the will to raise them.

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