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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says | Oil

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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
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Smartimess Apr 25, 2026 +3122
It‘s ironic that the oil lobby spent hundreds of millions to get Trump elected because they thought that this a****** would delay the transformation to EVs, heat pumps and renewables.
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No-Profession5134 Apr 25, 2026 +1447
All of which for geopolitical reasons every country on Earth should have been speedrunning to get. Getting off Oil weakens Terrorist and Warmongering countries period.... This should have been mentioned and pushed hard 20 years ago.
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TheSonar Apr 25, 2026 +629
It was. Extensively. But politicians happily take money over most "potentially serious threats."
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asethskyr Apr 25, 2026 +423
That timeline was diverted by Bush v. Gore in 2000.
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syhr_ryhs Apr 25, 2026 +40
Of whom three of Bush's lawyers in that case are now supreme court justices.
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DrXaos Apr 25, 2026 +130
split between United Federation of Planets timeline and Terran Empire timeline.
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JayJay_90 Apr 25, 2026 +81
Or between United Federation of Planets timeline and Great Filter timeline.
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ArthurStevensNZ Apr 25, 2026 +51
I am convinced that greedy power and money hoarding people are the final filter. We’ve had technology to ensure our survival for hundreds if not thousands of years, but these greedy mentally ill people (hoarding money / power is no different to hoarding cats, or trash) could be the undoing of our species.
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AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Apr 25, 2026 +25
I honestly don’t understand why drug addicts are treated like absolute shit by society and let to rot in the street, but we not only allow billionaires to hoard the wealth of nations (literally), we actively encourage it and f****** congratulate them. Capitalists, make it make f****** sense.
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me34343 Apr 25, 2026 +11
The difference is it hurts people and idolized by millions
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Averagelytalldude Apr 25, 2026 +14
Can I get an Isaac Arthur episode on this?”The Fermi Paradox: Oil Lobby”
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Artifexa Apr 25, 2026 +8
Isaac Arthur is pretty much a "turbo-capitalist", "don't thread on me", "tech-optimist" liberal. He probably voted for Trump, 3 times. Don't expect him to do an episode where "human corruption fostered by unfettered capitalism" gets us to the great filter.
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jollyreaper2112 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Well that's disappointing. Like finding out who shad was with shadiversity.
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epage Apr 25, 2026 +1
> He probably voted for Trump, 3 times. Could be worst; could be one of those people who voted for him more than 3 times (illegally).
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oftenInabbrobriate Apr 25, 2026 +24
Oh I don’t think so. In the Star Trek universe there was also that one f****** big war, only afterward did humanity move more together in that universe
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clarkrd Apr 25, 2026 +24
A timeline divergence happened on April 22, 2005 when Enterprise aired the [opening titles](https://youtu.be/sfbsZRbwbJ4?si=IPJvVMYOnqc87UBF) of "In a Mirror, Darkly" *sent from my clarkrd-Jurati Borg using Tapatalk*
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DillBagner Apr 25, 2026 +6
That war started in 2026...
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Safe-Razzmatazz3982 Apr 25, 2026 +3
More like United Federation of Planets and Mad Max.
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Eastern_Hornet_6432 Apr 25, 2026 +16
It really will be a question for the ages, how the world would have turned out had Gore won.
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ComfyFrog Apr 25, 2026 +43
Germany is still clinging to fossil fuels. We are even hiding reports of how good renewables are.
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BasvanS Apr 25, 2026 +40
Elect conservative assholes and this is what you get 🤷
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ComfyFrog Apr 25, 2026 +21
Old people vote CDU because that's what they always voted, young adults vote Afd because social media propaganda is working :) I'm caught in the middle.
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BasvanS Apr 25, 2026 +5
Yeah, I figured this wasn’t a surprise to you
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Shiriru00 Apr 25, 2026 +17
I mean all of this was already known back in 1996 when I started to pay attention and well before that too. But doctors knew that tobacco was bad for you for decades before anything was done to address it. And the tobacco industry had a tiny fraction of the power the oil industry has.
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crunknessmonster Apr 25, 2026 +8
I swear not nearly enough people are thinking about it this way.
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Switch_Off Apr 25, 2026 +4
American Empire depends on oil. The last thing that institutions of America want is worldwide energy independence.
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Tight_Jellyfish_349 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Inconvenient Truth. Maybe Al Gore was right.
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DrXaos Apr 25, 2026 +49
the oil lobby doesn't own oil in the Gulf. They own oil that competes with that oil and now earns a higher profit. They got way more than they put in.
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garanvor Apr 25, 2026 +21
On the short term. The whole point of the article is that on the long term humanity is finally moving off oil.
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ArgentScourge Apr 25, 2026 +1
Yes, but remember that the whole point of corporations is to increase value for the share holders **this quarter**. "The line goes up" is their raison d'être fulfilled.
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Status-Secret-4292 Apr 25, 2026 +125
Oh he tried for them, but they picked the dude that bankrupts casinos. Honestly, whatever the man intends to do he successfully fails in the other direction every time. And the success is just other people bailing him out, first his dad and his associates, then he was just entrenched enough that in was always in the interest of someone to bail him out for their own ends. He must be in so many people's pockets
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LambdaLambo Apr 25, 2026 +30
Well this war is also a boon to American fossil fuels since it’s the one source in the world that cannot be bombed.
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geo_prog Apr 25, 2026 +1
No. Oil shocks like this result in demand collapse. I work in the Canadian oil and gas industry and internal analysts are preparing for one big flurry of activity then a cataclysmic retraction in the industry. We’ve never seen these kinds of price discrepancies between physical oil for delivery and paper oil. Someone somewhere is doing all they can to keep oil futures suppressed. For example, in the 1974-80 oil shock physical oil for delivery and oil futures prices were within about 5% of each other. That means the price the market thought people would pay for oil was pretty close to what they would pay for oil. Right now physical oil for delivery is selling at 50-60% more than the current futures price. When those contracts come due there is likely going to be a massive short squeeze (possibly as early as May) and energy prices are going to skyrocket. This is thought to be heading towards a massive global recession which is really not good for oil companies in the medium term.
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banned4violence Apr 25, 2026 +14
Ukranian drones have disproved that something can’t be bombed.
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Nice_Reading5272 Apr 25, 2026 +13
Low cost drones aren't making it over the atlantic and pacific ocean..
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lloveliet Apr 25, 2026 +11
yet
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AreWeNotDoinPhrasing Apr 25, 2026 +4
honestly who is to say some of those fancy shipping containers they used in that massive surprise Russian bombing aren't already in the states. Not saying Ukraine put them here, but tons of other countries could theoretically already have some here.
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Mudfry Apr 25, 2026 +2
That’s just a way to say energy prices are going to increase.
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Plaineswalker Apr 25, 2026 +48
US oil is doing great. Production is booming and now their profits are WAY up! Almost like that was the plan....
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BoringRedHorse Apr 25, 2026 +12
They embraced Trump, only to find out that everything Trump touches turns to sh\*t!!
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snoosh00 Apr 25, 2026 +6
I think it's possible (or likely) that the people who lobbied are totally fine with this price hike. They know the switch to EVs and everything was going to happen eventually, why not try to squeeze the world one last time while we're still stuck with oil as a main source. But I don't think the administration thought of a single knock on effect from anything they've done And all I have to ask is "do you think the United States is going to continue building more fossil fuel powerplants? Or will this actually increase nuclear adoption.
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CucumberError Apr 25, 2026 +4
Just like the only people that buy a Tesla now would have never even entertained the idea of buying a EV a decade ago. Are they actually playing like 7D chess?
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TheSteakPie Apr 25, 2026 +10
Exactlly 12 months ago I said I would never have a electric car, yesterday I ordered my first! And of course I can tell you one brand that would have and always will be excluded and and it begins with a T.
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Amazing_Athlete_2265 Apr 25, 2026 +7
Welcome to a world without spark plugs getting fowled, no more oil changes, no more air filter changes, no more timing chain replacements, no more blown cylinder head gaskets...
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tsraq Apr 25, 2026 +4
> spark plugs getting **fowled**, I know that's a typo but damn the mental image...
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chocolatechipbagels Apr 25, 2026 +8
oil lobbies love trump right now. demand has not gone anywhere but the price is through the roof
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Nice_Reading5272 Apr 25, 2026 +2
All oil companies that produce in the US are making gigantic profits off of the increased price, this also makes a strong business case for immediate development which was declining due to low cost per barrel. Even if this manages to accelerate renewables by actual need, I don't think they mind in the short to medium term.
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iwantboringtimes Apr 25, 2026 +1531
(from the article) > Speaking exclusively to the Guardian, Birol said a key effect of the US-Israel war on Iran was that countries would lose trust in fossil fuels and demand for them would reduce. > “Their perception of risk and reliability will change. Governments will review their energy strategies. There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future,” he said. “And this will cut into the main markets for oil.” > Birol said there was no going back from the crisis: “The vase is broken, the damage is done – it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will have permanent consequences for the global energy markets for years to come.”
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NearsightedNomad Apr 25, 2026 +258
If only climate activists knew that the answer on how to get industries to pursue renewables was to invade Iran. They could have an unholy alliance with the neocons.
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Joshau-k Apr 25, 2026 +62
There's some strategies that the climate movement is too idealistic to try. Particularly when it comes to engaging conservatives. If you 1. Painted foreign emissions as a harm against your nation  2. Ignored domestic emissions  3. Ignored foreign emissions from oil exports With the right communication strategy you could engage Republicans on climate change. Isolationists and nationalists, currently can't comprehend the issue of climate change because all the current policies assume global trust and cooperation.  If you lack this trust, domestic first climate policy does not have expected economic net positive returns - just costs without benefits.  This is why fossil fuel propaganda explaining it away as a globalist conspiracy theory is so persuasive to them. The Climate movement has zero plan for a situation of deteriorating trust between nations. Trust is key to the Paris agreement as there are no consequences. A low trust world requires consequences first. And if the big 3 (US, EU, China) start punishing nations for the real harm from emissions that could be a much more reliable path to change. Even ignoring their own emissions, they will hold each others emissions to account with consequences.
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Sonofbluekane Apr 25, 2026 +15
So green/environmental imperialism rather than pink/feminist imperialism?
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thepatterninchaos Apr 25, 2026 +1
I love this
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Sylvanussr Apr 25, 2026 +12
I’ve heard it as a thought experiment before that if the US wanted to really go all out to stop climate change, they could just start bombing all the oil infrastructure. But of course that would be crazy.
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Nice_Reading5272 Apr 25, 2026 +4
A Carbon Tax is essentially the same idea, raise the price of fossil fuels artificially to make renewables more attractive.
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GoblinDiplomat Apr 25, 2026 +2943
It would be pretty hilarious if the shit gibbons accidentally saved the world from climate change.
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Embarrassed_Quit_450 Apr 25, 2026 +780
Give him a Nobel prize for climate activism.
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Status-Secret-4292 Apr 25, 2026 +149
That would be genuinely hilarious to watch. He would be so proud to get it. Then everyone who supports him would be angry and conflicted. For like a week... then suddenly be helping solve it under whatever different bull shit reason dude gives.
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Black_Moons Apr 25, 2026 +60
Whatever gets maga into a EV is fine. Even if its some shitty tesla. At least then elon wouldn't have to sell them all to the government/spaceX to rot in some parking lot as part of his kickbacks, taken from everyones taxes.
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mhornberger Apr 25, 2026 +12
Yep, even if their politics are, well, deplorable, displacing fossil fuel demand is key. It pisses many people off, but I'd rather a given dollar go to Tesla than to Exxon. Yes, other BEV options exist, as does mass transit, as do bicycles, but *given that choice*, I'd rather a dollar go to Tesla than to Exxon.
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Black_Moons Apr 25, 2026 +5
Given the choice between a maga spending $100,000 on a shitler car and everyone else being forced to spend $100,000 of their tax money on a shitler car and not even get to drive it, Id rather only the dumb people have to suffer being out $100,000 for a shitty car. Plus at least someone would drive the damn thing rather then have it rot away in a parking lot as a government kickback. A waste of resources is still a waste of resources at the end of the day, the least you can do is try to make some use of it before sending it off to be recycled.
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Eastern_Hornet_6432 Apr 25, 2026 +3
>Whatever gets maga into a EV is fine I dunno; I suspect that rewarding him for starting a dumb war would not lead to good outcomes, even if the first dumb war accidentally did.
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Health_throwaway__ Apr 25, 2026 +8
Nobody likes oil, too old, BLACK. Batteries are money, BIG money.
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mechalenchon Apr 25, 2026 +126
Just ask FIFA
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marmaladecorgi Apr 25, 2026 +86
"The FIFA Climate Champion Medal" has a nice ring to it, TBF.
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CO_Golf13 Apr 25, 2026 +160
"The Gang Solves Global Warming"
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PropaneMilo Apr 25, 2026 +31
My administration has brokered a peace deal. So anyway, I started blasting.
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Bbbbhazit Apr 25, 2026 +61
"Clean coal" I will never forget him saying that from his first term disparaging renewable energy resources.
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Carlitos96 Apr 25, 2026 +27
“Our clean, beautiful coal” I just bursted out laughing when he said that.
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Any_Consequence_8738 Apr 25, 2026 +11
He talked about saving a “ Clean Coal” plant in PA this week
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HankHillbwhaa Apr 25, 2026 +10
the cleanest coal around they say, I came, they were washing it with dawn dish soap before loading it into the furnace. It was a magnificient furnace, hot, some say the hottest around. In the world that is. America builds them the hottest because we're the hottest place right now.
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DEEP_HURTING Apr 25, 2026 +6
My favorite factoid about the US coal industry is how more people are employed in theater.
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440ish Apr 25, 2026 +3
Fun Fact: Coal consumption at US coal-fired power plants was down 12% YoY in January.
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Lakefish_ Apr 25, 2026 +16
Biblical antichrist behavior, afaik, summarized: "f*** up so bad, people change for the better to avoid it happening again"
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steve_of Apr 25, 2026 +21
All the oil CEOs that funded trump will be creaming their pants at the moment. Two interdependent reasons. First they are making bank in the short term and second they dont give a f*** about the long term. 12 months is an eternity to these fucks and it will be way longer than 12 months before the oil markets return to 'normal'.
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iwantboringtimes Apr 25, 2026 +13
Some governments are pressuring oil companies to lower their profits. Energy is too crucial for quite a number of politicians to be A-OK with blatant profiteering during an energy crisis.
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batteryservice Apr 25, 2026 +58
It really has been that 4D chess stuff maybe? Hahaha wouldn’t that be the kicker to the to 2020s.
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Ithinkibrokethis Apr 25, 2026 +15
4d candyland.
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Happy_Peak_7818 Apr 25, 2026 +4
4D McDonald's Monopoly 
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octopusboots Apr 25, 2026 +6
I just will leave this here. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_old\_man\_lost\_his\_horse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_old_man_lost_his_horse)
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RarelyReadReplies Apr 25, 2026 +20
You're not implying there's any world where Trump did this on purpose right? The 4D chess part threw me, like you're saying he intended this.
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RyanNotBrian Apr 25, 2026 +32
They're saying it would be funny if.
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Disastrous_Fig5609 Apr 25, 2026 +11
Maybe 10 years ago, not so much now.
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Painwracker_Oni Apr 25, 2026 +6
Maybe the dementia has gotten to the point where he’s so far gone that he’s unintentionally making good decision for the world?
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Ok-Blood4340 Apr 25, 2026 +9
Theoretically, a monkey on a long enough timeline could make the complete works of Shakespeare on a typewriter entirely by accident. Even this administration could make enough random decisions that one of them inadvertently creates some good.
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twoworldman Apr 25, 2026 +7
Tbf, a monkey hammering away on a typewriter would be more competent at its job than half of Trump's government.
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whytwu1f Apr 25, 2026 +13
I have this personal headcanon conspiracy theory that trump saw the future, knew what he needed to do, and chose to become the most hated man in the world because it was the only way to save the species. (Please, I'm desperate for some logical explanation other than "49 percent of voters are racist transphobes".)
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SterlingMallory Apr 25, 2026 +18
Lisan al gaib
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CliftonForce Apr 25, 2026 +5
I keep thinking of the science fiction trope of multiple time travelers going back to the same point to try and prevent some disaster. But every trip just makes it worse. We need to find the lab that keeps sending folks back to 2016 and STOP THEM.
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AndyTheSane Apr 25, 2026 +3
Trump, his consciousness transferred to a Commodore 64, is now Cyber Dictator For All Eternity
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Frozenfire21 Apr 25, 2026 +10
Optimistic of you to not see it’s too late
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ku2000 Apr 25, 2026 +20
I would still take better late than never
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Frozenfire21 Apr 25, 2026 +6
Don’t disagree, but the long standing damage is done, all we can do is slightly mitigate how bad it will get
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LambdaLambo Apr 25, 2026 +9
It’s absolutely not too late. I mean f***, we served the black plague as a species, and other very horrific events. We’re not just gonna get to net zero, eventually with carbon capture we’ll even restore the co2 concentration to normal levels.
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Frozenfire21 Apr 25, 2026 +9
Too late to stop some of the worst possible outcomes? Yes it’s likely far too late, the feedback loops have begun
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iwantboringtimes Apr 25, 2026 +6
Think of it this way. Feeling demoralized is blah feeling. Doesn't do your health any good. Best temper it by focusing on silver linings. 'Sides, I got work to do. It's easier to get work done when there's a light at the end of the tunnel to focus on.
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Choice_Past7399 Apr 25, 2026 +3
Trump finally doing something right for the wrong reasons.
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KaliUK Apr 25, 2026 +3
It did, green energy is now the leading supplier of energy. The old world is dying, this is its gasping breath. The petrodollar will break the house of cards.
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LovesRetribution Apr 25, 2026 +3
Often times you meet your destiny on the path you took to avoid it.
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____DEADPOOL_______ Apr 25, 2026 +3
I'm ready to forgive all the insults, the gaslighting, the stress, and all the crazy and corrupt shit if they actually resolve the climate crisis. I think that fumbling covid and the greed that came behind it was great for climate change. People are traveling less, consuming less because everything is so crazy expensive, etc.
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self-recursion-robot Apr 25, 2026 +6
I’m sure the Trump family is leaning heavily into nuclear and this is all part of the money making plan
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ThatsItImOverThis Apr 25, 2026 +2
That would have made a great Simpson’s episode.
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prettyfuckingimmoral Apr 25, 2026 +2
Game theory in action. Your opponent gets something they want. You still win.
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SNRatio Apr 25, 2026 +87
I've been telling people that Trump's efforts to get so many people worldwide to adopt solar makes him the greenest president we've ever had. No one is particularly pleased when I say that, but they don't say I'm wrong.
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Carrera_996 Apr 25, 2026 +46
AI is driving renewable like crazy. After most of them go bankrupt everyone will have super c**** power.
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uprislng Apr 25, 2026 +9
I don't think it counts when it's both not on purpose and they're killing green investment here in the US where we're going to get left way the f*** behind in c**** energy infrastructure right when (if you believe the hype) the AI revolution is going to put more of us out of jobs while also increasing our energy demands and therefore costs.
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CanaryPutrid1334 Apr 25, 2026 +8
Nothing in this f****** universe could make him the… jesus I can’t even type it. THAT.
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tolacid Apr 25, 2026 +8
GREENest, not *great*est
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CanaryPutrid1334 Apr 25, 2026 +4
I know. Windmill cancer, killing whales… this m*********** hates anything green except the almighty dollar.
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tolacid Apr 25, 2026 +12
Look, he may be doing it accidentally and even against his explicit will, but it can't be denied that he's directly causing significant progress towards green-ness.
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TheElusiveFox Apr 25, 2026 +6
I honestly think nuclear is a more reasonable alternative to oil than solar in most places, and honestly I can see a lot of countries pushing their nuclear programs forward more now too because the other thing trump is doing is showing that the U.S. cannot be trusted as an ally.
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binzoma Apr 25, 2026 +11
huh. I'm shocked countries would consider energy supply security to be of critical national importance! its almost as if there had been a psy-op against that since the 1970s the whole idea that 'nuclear is bad/dangerous'. lmao. pre brexit/trump that was the best intelligence operation against the west post ww2
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RenderedMeat Apr 25, 2026 +5
Except in the US, where it’s full ~~steam~~ gas/coal/oil ahead!
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ConstableAssButt Apr 25, 2026 +3
A three week price hike isn't going to be what's killed oil. It's the last 30 years of labor to move the world toward renewables.
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TheTrollerOfTrolls Apr 25, 2026 +445
>This crisis was “bigger than all the biggest crises combined, and therefore huge”, he said. What a perspective to have.
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hadrian_afer Apr 25, 2026 +63
I had a laugh too, when I read it.
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KomorebiParticle Apr 25, 2026 +42
👐 bigly crisis 👐
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PluotFinnegan_IV Apr 25, 2026 +12
some might even call it yuge
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InconspicuousRadish Apr 25, 2026 +4
The bigliest!
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OddOnion_ Apr 25, 2026 +9
2 Crisis 2 Crisiser
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QueezyF Apr 25, 2026 +6
It was like, fifteen 9/11s
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PorkProofPrion Apr 25, 2026 +133
Would be hilarious if some group would award Trump with some kind of honorary award for advancing renewables. Wonder if he would show up
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__Yakovlev__ Apr 25, 2026 +28
I can't wait for trump to receive the Greenpeace green peace award
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Phugasity Apr 25, 2026 +3
If they hit some bigger fishing boats, I could see this happening.
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[deleted] Apr 25, 2026 +409
[removed]
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PretendSet9704 Apr 25, 2026 +80
He's also assisting countries with diversifying their trade! Look at Canada for instance, he wants us to partner with the EU & China! Best president ever! /s
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Araminal Apr 25, 2026 +35
It would be wonderful if Greta Thunberg dedicated a climate change award to him.
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lordlestar Apr 25, 2026 +4
Greta is demanding trump to send oil to cuba, what strange times we live in
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Own_Emergency53 Apr 25, 2026 +4
I think this too. He's a low key Greenie, I'm sure of it.  He's doing an epic job of getting the planet off it's oil addiction.
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RaccoonWannabe Apr 25, 2026 +7
5D-chess
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FeatureSeparate404 Apr 25, 2026 +397
And just think, president dingleberry killed renewables in the US just before this crisis.
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salween_river Apr 25, 2026 +186
Well, he tried. The courts have been busy unkilling them.
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Ntroepy Apr 25, 2026 +82
Most major car manufactures in the US have taken multi-billion dollar write offs on their EV investments as they’ve rolled back to a more gas and hybrid approach. Whatever the court decide, they aren’t going back anytime soon. This will set the US EV market back 10+ years - which is a lifetime these days.
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Ok-Leader-1824 Apr 25, 2026 +27
That's just cars, which have to be mobile. Grid powering infrastructure does not have to move. Solar is going up up.
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kelldricked Apr 25, 2026 +3
Still the delay will be felt. Hell US infrastructure is already behind on most of the develop world.
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Plastic-Fox0293 Apr 25, 2026 +5
And yet the most wanted thing by the global driving community is for the US auto makers to stop making so we can all just buy the better chinese cars. 
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smellmyfingerplz Apr 25, 2026 +33
Inflation reduction act tax credits were gutted, you no longer get a $7500 deduction for buying a new electric car
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takeda64 Apr 25, 2026 +9
In his infinite genius he made them unnecessary. With current prices (and they supposed to go up even more now, as the lest prewar shipments just got delivered) you won't need the credit to get a strong motivation to buy EV.
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LogicProfessor Apr 25, 2026 +6
Buy used and it's almost 50% off.
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One-Earth9294 Apr 25, 2026 +21
It's almost like he's trying to destroy the US just like many of us warned he would try to do.
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Odd-Song5052 Apr 25, 2026 +2
His goal has obviously been treasonous sabotage since the first term but nobody ever seems to put two and two together. 
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Latrodectus702 Apr 25, 2026 +61
Monkeys paw wish. End the reliance on fossil fuels forever. Trump gets the credit for saving the world…
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space_tardigrades Apr 25, 2026 +26
Monkeys paw curls, entire world switches to solar just before nuclear winter renders it useless.
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ajicrystal Apr 25, 2026 +186
The stable genius promoting alternatives to fossil fuels wasnt on my bingo card for 2026
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SmegmaWarrior0815 Apr 25, 2026 +86
In a weird twisted way he is a blessing for Europe. Finally have to invest in independence from the US in energy, military, tech and economy. Hell, some nations even want their own nukes now.
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swizzlewizzle Apr 25, 2026 +14
Honestly.. yea.. trump was the crisis that ripped off the mask of the US being a reliable partner
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PluotFinnegan_IV Apr 25, 2026 +17
TBF, the US was a reliable partner pre 2015. R or D, both parties were reliable, understood the value of NATO, and recognized the value of their relationships around the world. Trump has never built a symbiotic business or political relationship. It's all transactional with him, and only if he believes it's wildly in his favor.
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Thoroughaway008 Apr 25, 2026 +19
But I am beyond thrilled about this 🤩 
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takeda64 Apr 25, 2026 +2
What sucks is the transformation will be just far more painful that was needed) EU and states like California had deadline set up as 2035, with how things are, now the ideal time would be 2025.
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Comprehensive-Bag-34 Apr 25, 2026 +17
The silver lining
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Tutorbin76 Apr 25, 2026 +14
We can only hope. It should now be a high priority in all of our lives to make sure we give these vultures as little of our hard-earned money as possible.
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StaticSystemShock Apr 25, 2026 +31
I mean, closure of a single strait affecting entire world, kinda shows the problem right there.
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DaemonCRO Apr 25, 2026 +11
Probably half of my friends are in the process of installing solar arrays and buying EVs. Some have installs this weekend, some over the next week. Used EV market is on fire at the moment, everyone buying whatever they can at a large d******* from retail prices of new cars. These baboons will solve climate change unintentionally.
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512165381 Apr 25, 2026 +10
Australia is now getting oil from Mexico, Argentina, Algeria, Nigeria & Norway. All these new-found friends.
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Defiant-Traffic5801 Apr 25, 2026 +13
The IEA "... provide authoritative analysis, data, policy recommendations and solutions to ensure energy security and help the world transition to clean energy ", so he is quite simply promoting his organisation 's mission. Whether that has anything to do with reality is another matter.
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obi_wan_the_phony Apr 25, 2026 +15
The IEA has honestly lost its credibility when it comes to long term forecasting. For those of us in the energy industry, even for those who are agnostic on conventional or renewable energy it’s hard to take their projections seriously.
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G00b3rb0y Apr 25, 2026 +3
How? My country is cutting back on domestic flights because of price and availability concerns. There’s visible demand destruction taking place
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Bakedfresh420 Apr 25, 2026 +10
Childish Gambino: Good.
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lykkyluke Apr 25, 2026 +12
Lol, this is so hilarious if you think what Drump has done. Trying to destroy green energy inustry, and started this irrational war. If this eventually destroys oil business, lol that's karma talking. Everything in this f****** war has turned against him.
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rithrawr Apr 25, 2026 +2
He wants to destroy green energy because those wind turbine off the coast was blocking his golf site view. Trump is a selfish prick. EV sale in the USA is down because they removed the rebate. Idiots will point out why gov have to subsidize EV when fossil fuel industry have tons of subsidies.
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One-Earth9294 Apr 25, 2026 +5
I need you to have the balls and say why that is. "Because Donald Trump is a madman and an idiot" F****** say it.
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peidinho31 Apr 25, 2026 +6
Its called the Mierdas Touch. Whatever Donnie touches, turns into shit
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Boring-Location6800 Apr 25, 2026 +6
Except for Germany, where that absolute imbecile of a minister for economics pushes back solar and calls for domestic fracking. It's so stupid you couldn't make that shit up.
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philenzed Apr 25, 2026 +5
It's all wind farms from here, Trump
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ken_the_boxer Apr 25, 2026 +8
We can use former golf courses for that.
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SophieEatsCake Apr 25, 2026 +4
Solar Solar Solar…
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Varorson Apr 25, 2026 +7
If it results in electric vehicles, renewable energy, and better public transportation, I'm fine with that. It'll only be an issue if Donald, in his madness, actively blocks all of that as well, forcing countless companies to go bankrupt as they cannot afford switching to alternatives from oil.
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EppingMarky Apr 25, 2026 +5
Elon would be sitting on double hand he not personally ducked the Tesla brand.
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Supercereal69 Apr 25, 2026 +7
F*** that nazi
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omnibossk Apr 25, 2026 +4
I’m not going back to fossile fuel cars unless someone tortures me and my wallet. Especially with oil coming from dictator states
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thirstyrobot Apr 25, 2026 +2
Canada?
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Xygen8 Apr 25, 2026 +4
Not damage. Progress.
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GGuts Apr 25, 2026 +4
I think Trump is the greatest idiot that has ever lived. His idiocy has had the most influence on the world of all the idiots.
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jakgal04 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Who would have thought that Trump would be the push for EV’s!
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M0nk3yDLufffy Apr 25, 2026 +1
Good as far as I see it the future is ev, the amount of people that I have seen use e-bikes has skyrocketed, with a speed of up to 40 mph and a range of 50 miles , why wouldn’t people use it , no expensive car payments no high gas price and for $500 you can modify any bike to be an e-bike with a charge time of 3-5 hours
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blahblahblah_meto Apr 25, 2026 +8
He’s not wrong.  My wife and I are recent  former BMW / 4Runner owners who sold one and had a new F150 on order we were trading in for.  We cancelled the order and bought a Kia EV 2wks ago.  2wks in and we’ll never go back. 
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RR-- Apr 25, 2026 +3
Kia EV is quite the shift from an F150. Any reason you didn't go for an F150 Lightning instead?
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juhamac Apr 25, 2026 +5
Maybe because it was discontinued? [https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5645147/ford-discontinues-all-electric-f-150-lightning](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5645147/ford-discontinues-all-electric-f-150-lightning)
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Great-Rest7878 Apr 25, 2026 +4
Probably realized like many do, not everyone needs a truck.
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DaemonG Apr 25, 2026 +7
i mean. yeah. the oil crises of the 70s were the death of heavy industry as we knew it and the beginning of modern fuel economy in cars. and that was a smaller reduction in oil on the market.
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-HealingNoises- Apr 25, 2026 +3
It is in the firm estimates that it will take up to 6 months to remove the mines. starting, when there is a complete cease in hostilities. And any of the oil and gas facilities which have been anything more than lightly damaged will take multiple years to be brought back online. It's done, no way out, we have to learn to conserve, reuse and recycle all the while doing without a whole lot of things which can not be created or at least reasonably without oil and it's byproducts.
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Kashawinshky Apr 25, 2026 +1
We'll see. In the 70s everyone said the same thing after the oil crisis. This does feel different though, as the biggest marker--competition--is already in full swing in the clean energy market.
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jeffreyrufino Apr 25, 2026 +1
This feels like a long-term shift away from fossil fuels driven by risk and reliability, not just climate policy anymore.
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mammaube Apr 25, 2026 +5
Will this push the US actually fund public transit again and create protected bike lanes?? Id l9ve it if this pushes train travel.
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viptattoo Apr 25, 2026 +6
F*** the fossil fuel industry.
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Scoutmaster-Jedi Apr 25, 2026 +4
The clear damaged done To the reputation of oil is a good thing for the world. The faster the would can transition away from oil and gas, the better. Better for health, better for economy, for environment, for self-reliance, for sustainability, for world peace, etc.
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LabRatsAteMyHomework Apr 25, 2026 +2
I almost wonder if Elon put him up to this.
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KeyAny3800 Apr 25, 2026 +2
Hope the world move towards green energy at wartime pace
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A_Pointy_Rock Apr 25, 2026 +2
*Donald Trump - the president that kick-started renewables.*
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Aerchaiz Apr 25, 2026 +2
Crash, baby!
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burtgummer45 Apr 25, 2026 +2
What nonsense. All that's different now is SA needs to build some pipelines across the desert and Iran just gave the world another reason to regime change it.
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Odd-Song5052 Apr 25, 2026 +2
F*** headlines and their writers referring to “the global oil crisis” as if it just kinda happened for reasons. 
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Impossible_Pie4091 Apr 25, 2026 +2
By design
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iamBoda Apr 25, 2026 +2
Reporter: *Didn't you bankrupt a C***** an 4 or 5 other compnies* Orange Führer: *Hold my beer*
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mahleg4 Apr 25, 2026 +2
The title should be : "How our leaders fundamentally destroying worlds natural habitats and creating crisis after crisis"..
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average-dad69 Apr 25, 2026 +1
The IEA has been predicting peak oil for decades. Their forecasts are rich with analysis and consistently wrong. I expect this to be the same.
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storeshadow Apr 25, 2026 +1
He is talking bs, there is no real interest in adopting new electric or solar tech, its all carbons, the lobby is too strong. The change only will happen when we start to tun out.
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AncientLion Apr 25, 2026 +1
Thank you America, this is on you.
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Beautiful_Finger4566 Apr 25, 2026 +1
don't threaten me with a good time
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rubberpp Apr 25, 2026 +1
More reasons for clean energy f*** oil
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