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VikingBorealis t1_iwp9c7t wrote

Reply to comment by SillyNluv in 4 giant offshore terminals proposed in Texas would increase US oil export capacity by 6.5 million bpd. This July US oil exports hit their record monthly high: 3.8 million bpd by Dylan-Baddour

See the thing is. USA is a rich nation, you will be off oil "fast and easy", but many other third world nations will still need to buy oil.

The irony is that while this should be the truth. Half the US na ion is acting like Neanderthals and refusing to move into the future and letting third world countries outpace the US in dropping reliance on fossil fuels.

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SillyNluv t1_iwpvp3m wrote

We do have a Neanderthal problem right now. But I think our bigger problem is not the people, who must make smaller changes, rather the corporations causing the bigger problems.

The people alone cannot make the necessary changes until we get our large corporations brought to heel.

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VikingBorealis t1_iwq12od wrote

The people are and always has been the ones to force major change.

Name one (positive)change that hasn't been vmcause by a united people. All revolutions are by people workers rights and such, people, voting rights and we'll all rights, people, United.

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SillyNluv t1_iwq1lrd wrote

I’m with you in that the people force the necessary changes. I’m saying that my recycling of plastic isn’t doing much in the big scheme.

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VikingBorealis t1_iwqjyzv wrote

I'd say that in Europe where a high percentage of plastic is recycled, it would have a large impact if we stopped.

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SillyNluv t1_iwrtst7 wrote

Ah. I’m in the US and it’s very unclear whether the recyclables we separate are actually being recycled.

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