Bigblue204

I agree with this. However at this point in time it's wishful thinking at the very best. Oil and Gas has infiltrated every level of politics mainly for the purpose of essentially regulating themselves. And we all know how that's worked out. Banking the future health of our water ways/planet etc on oil and gas being properly regulated is essentially insane at this point. Mainly because of the grip Oil and Gas has on us, for this particular issue, on our politicians.

Then they'll discover their continent is actually a large floating pile of ancient garbage and understand what caused all of this lol.

Should I point out Oil and Gas propaganda every time I see some on here? Now before you get on my case, I'm not suggesting this DOESN'T happen. But I would bet a large sum of money that it doesn't happen in the quantities it would take to create a cancer issue for an entire community. I've already said it a bunch...so I'm going to assume you know what I mean by making this bold lol.

buttons are the future!! No one wants touch screen keypads!!!

it's not really meant to change the average persons habits completely. It's meant to impact big business and make them change.

Yeah tech evolves so quickly now people don't even know. The original Iphone only came out 10 years ago. And look at how much it has changed since then. 10 years ago our world was VERY different than it is today. What does it look like in the next 10? We used to say that but it would be 100 years....than 50...then 20...soon it will be yearly.

What I meant about "literally destroying humans." Is our fertility. Not our health as it stands now. If our fertility rates continue to drop as they are, climate change or not won't matter to the survival of humans. And we know oil is negatively impacting our fertility rates at a surprising pace.

Oil and gas has helped us, no doubt. But the science is remarkably clear. The way we consume oil into our environment and our bodies is going to lead to the loss of fertility. Two things can be true at the same time. Oil helped us, it is now harming us. They hired them because they were good. But not on the same level as oil and gas. Which is why cigarettes are losing money every year, while oil and gas continue to up hold unjust laws that squash competition and help lead the way when it comes to harming our environment. While they continue to take in extreme profits and convince us that we couldn't possibly survive without them.

I'm not talking about people choosing to not have babies...I'm talking about studying the fertility of humans regardless of there wanting children. There have been studies going on since the 70's that can directly link a societies use of oil to the reduction of male fertility. Yes all of the factors you listed play a role. But with the amount of oil we use and consume(like literally consume into our bodies) it is drastically dropping (specifically) the male fertility rate at about 1% per year...and has been since the 70s. This unfortunately means the average male today, is 50% less fertile than their grandfather. What this means for the future is not good (Obviously). And it very likely means having kids at all with be for the rich (fertility treatments are super expensive!).

Cigarette propaganda took some lessons from oil and gas, but they still can't hold a candle to them.

Oil and gas companies are far and away the Masters of propaganda. No one compares even throughout history. They have it mastered. They've been able to get out of most messes they create, including cleaning up oil spills they say they'll clean up. Which is another form of subsidies...we know their products are literally destroying the human species nevermind basically all other species on the planet...don't get me started on the ocean. We talk about war time propaganda and it's issues...or misinformation online and how it's impacted us. But never oil and gas propaganda....its so well done its often extremely hard to pin point. So I not surprised people don't know just how much oil and gas cost the public tax payers to set up their infrastructure, but to also continue working like they have all the while bringing in record profits. "Hey I'm destroying your environment, charging you more and more for transportation and heating and food, while my bank account grows exponentially. im literally destroying your species, ruining the biggest source of life on the planet, contributing to wars and the cause of them etc etc....but don't you let "renewables" trick you into believing they're better!! It's a lie!! You can't survive without oil, don't let them get a foot up with governments help, that's communism!! Are you a nazi? No this is a FREE country!! Now go fill up your tank, the prices are going up tomorrow!...which is your governments fault fyi! ******* Trudeau!! You should tell your government to remove taxes at the pump if you want cheaper fuel...we PROMISE not to raise the price to bring it back up to the cost it was WITH taxes!"

This is 100% wrong. There is no truth tovthis at all. The ONLY reason oil and gas was made a reliable source of energy is BECAUSE of subsidies.

I'm not in favour of subsidies myself. But pretending like our society hasn't been largely made possible due to subsidies is hilarious to say the least. And yes if one type of energy company is getting them most should, to be fair. That's just how our broken world works.

Lol. Bro do yourself a favour and go learn some history. Because literally almost everything you've said here is incorrect.

Yes and if/when they do....oil and gas will STILL increase the price lol. I 100% guarentee it. So instead of the citizens receiving that money (taxes) it'll go to off shore bank accounts. Sounds like it will help! Again, oil and gas is RIDICULOUSLY good at making people angry at their governments (or other entities) for the issues oil and gas start. at the start of the pandemic, when unfortunately a lot of information was coming out, about declining fertility in humans...and evidence was clear that a major factor was oil and plastic. Coincidentally the vaccine was released and almost immediately theories about it's impact on human fertility started...that was not by accident. Oil and gas saw an opportunity to get the spot light off them once again and took it. This is just one example of how easily they can change a narrative because of their grip on society.

Lol. Man you say some funny stuff from time to time. I'm sure the Americans would be totally fine with Russians invading anywhere in NA....nevermind their largest trade partner who happens to be sitting on loads of resources....yeah they wouldn't do anything about it. Lol

By your own definition, oil and gas are not viable. How do you think they got to the point they are now exactly? Hard work and long hours? Lol. Oil and gas have received and CONTINUE to receive government subsidies. Yes those poor oil and gas companies...how hard it must be with all the taxation they face lol. I'll say it again. There is zero reason to reduce the taxes at the pump and zero reasons why the price can NOT be lowered. Taxes have very little to do with it. Our governments need to grow some ******* balls and do what's right for the people....they won't. But they certainly need to.

Tech is essentially improving at an exponential rate right now. Never mind wind/solar/geo thermal etc. which will all play a big role. There's also fusion tech than has come a very long ways...and once we figure that out (we will) it will literally change the world over night.

This might be part of the problem. Do you believe it's the governments fault for the prices at the pump? Gas prices being high is 99% due to the company selling it, not the liberals. People will always complain. Complain about high taxes, in the next breath complain about crappy health care/education/policing/infrastructure etc etc. You can't have low taxes and public everything. That's just not how it works. What you really want, is a government that holds companies accountable for gouging the public. If we had that, this wouldn't be an issue at all. While I'm hear, I'll remind EVERYONE that the Harper government put us further in debt than any other government before it....spending (regardless of what politicians say) is not a Left vs Right issue. They all spend more than they bring in.

This becomes a non issue if our government does what is best for the people and forces oil and gas to reduce their price at the pumps. Thats the BIGGEST price factor there. not taxes. They will still make a killing, people will save money. It's a win win. Gas is going up due to greed not taxes. With the way technology improvements speed up year after year I'd be willing to bet you're wrong.

They're gonna be REALLY upset when they find out what's on the internet.

I understand this argument. However I don't for a second believe the people who want this, also won't complain when it comes to how much debt this country is in. We are not in a position to take in less taxes. We just aren't. In fact we should probably be increasing them. There's no reason people, or by proxy our governments should be on the hook for this oil. Oil and gas should be forced to take less profit, lower their prices or face a penalty of some kind. On top of that, why spend money on more infrastructure that will be outdated and potentially useless in the next decade or two when we have another country that has said infrastructure and can easily make up for the hole russia is leaving?

Honestly 127k isn't that bad for Darvin. I suppose if you put in the context of how he's played over the last few years it's hard to argue he deserves a raise..but considering the market on WRs I would have taken him at that price.

These people have watched too many James Bond movies. What can you even say about them anymore? Words don't do the idiocy justice.

There's an unrolled (bunch of tweets put together in an essay format.) Version if you scroll down a bit. Very interesting read though