So...yeah, we never had a full green new deal, but Biden did try to do build back better and we got some good things out of the inflation reduction act. The point of these efforts were move us out of our dependence on oil, and onto renewable energy. Not only would this have reduced climate emissions, reducing the long term effects of climate change, but it would have made us safer from a national security perspective. because most of our decisions are made because of, you guessed it, oil. It's what drives US foreign policy. It's the lifeblood of our economy and without it, everything grinds to a halt. It's why we're so imperialistic. If anything, shifting to renewables would make our foreign policy more benign since it would be one less natural resource to carve up the world over.
But....republicans seem to have a weird kneejerk hatred for green energy. maybe it's because they're bought out by oil lobbies, but some of it is because it has become a weird culture war issue, and the right wants to see us suffer and remain on oil because F those libs, man. So, one of Trump's priorities coming in was to axe Biden's legacy on the subject. And instead, what do we get? Well, now we're spending like a billion a day on this war with Iran. Or $365 billion a year. And gas is now $4 a gallon and projected to rise even more.
With $365 billion, we could've funded Biden's entire build back better agenda. Instead, we're using it to blow up oil fields, poisoning Tehran under an oil rain, and bombing little girls' schools. And for what? This war is, once again, so pointless. Iran wasnt a threat, the whole WMDs thing was just rehashing Bush's poor reasoning and anyone with two brain cells to rub together could see through it. And now oil is UP because Iran closed the strait of hormuz. And that's driving oil up to an insane degree. We're about to be like the 1970s again in all the worst ways. I thought Biden was this generation's Jimmy Carter, but Trump is about to be it, except his stupidity literally caused this situation in the first place. I dont normally blame presidents for the economy or the price of gas, but when you F up this bad, yeah, we can squarely say this is Trump's fault, and this wouldve never happened if we didn't attack Iran. Trump got us into a war he wasnt prepared for, because the dude doesn't think things through and fires anyone who actually does. And yeah. Now we're all suffering for it.
But yeah, one hell of a time to destroy our programs for clean energy. What makes us less dependent on oil? All those windmills and solar panels he doesn't like. Bravo, Trump. Bravo. *slow clap*
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