Reply #10: K&R. I wish it were. [View All]

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But we've gone through many many turning points, when we could have slowed down the effects of global warming by reducing our carbon consumption.

But our legislators were too afraid to push back against big oil. And big oil has been so crazed with sustaining its massive quarterly profits that it has fought against attempts to support alternative energy development and spend millions getting millions of Americans to pretend global warming hasn't been wreaking havoc for years already.

There's a big victory in the news-- Germany has reached the 20% mark. 20% alternative energy. Imagine that. The oil companies that we subsidize with our tax dollars have fought against even letting us match that achievement. 20 dang percent.

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