Obama, Trump and Biden grew US oil/gas exports, concentrating wealth and power in fossil-fuel billionaires' hands. Now here we are: "Petrostates tend to have more autocratic governments, more belligerent foreign policies, and higher levels of corruption—trends that now apply to the United States." - ThreadSky

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kevinjkircher.com • 4 days ago

Obama, Trump and Biden grew US oil/gas exports, concentrating wealth and power in fossil-fuel billionaires' hands. Now here we are: "Petrostates tend to have more autocratic governments, more belligerent foreign policies, and higher levels of corruption—trends that now apply to the United States."

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stargazing007.bsky.social•3 days ago

Absolutely agree.

jimgmal.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes. People don’t know or don’t understand that fossil fuel destruction continued nearly unabated if not enhanced under the prior regimes.

bellriots30.bsky.social•4 days ago

Just like they all supported the neoliberal model resulting in the largest income inequality in the history of the civilized world.

robdri2.bsky.social•4 days ago

Biden and Oboma were presidents . Trump is an unsuccessful and corrupt businessman who does not understand what it means and takes to be president.

valentenya.bsky.social•4 days ago

Whereas energy independence via RE has many beneficial opposite effects (aside from saving the climate) just sayin’.

daneelssoul.bsky.social•4 days ago

Petrostates can lead to authoritarianism because a large fraction of the countries economy is tied up in oil which can easily be controlled by a few elites.

For the US on the other hand, despite the growing oil production it's still only like 1% of our economy.