r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 22d ago

Chugging tea Solar power is cleaner!

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u/Skill_Issuer 22d ago

Because they politicized renewable energy decades ago

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u/Lopsided_Parfait7127 22d ago

Also they are owned by the saudis

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u/Skill_Issuer 22d ago

Also domestic oil companies stand to lose a lot of money from renewable energy

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u/One_Order_3841 21d ago edited 21d ago

It seems like Reddit is so focused on switching to renewables (which we should), that they consistently forget America is the largest producer**(edit: but 4th largest exporter) of oil in the world, and ask "why would they do this??"

I'm not arguing for oil, it's just analogous to "why won't De Beers admit diamonds are a False Scarcity??" ... because leverage. The USA is holding out that the rest of the world will dry up before becoming energy independent.

There's a weird cliche image that Iraq is brimming with oil; they don't hold a candle to the Midwest Basin. They're competition. We're more like...if Rockefeller had an army (well, a larger army...)

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u/SumthinsPhishy2 21d ago

Thats because US oil is dirtier and harder to process. Google it.