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Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”.

Little was known about the oil demand sustainability programme (ODSP) but the investigation obtained detailed information on plans to drive up the use of fossil fuel-powered cars, buses and planes in Africa and elsewhere, as rich countries increasingly switch to clean energy.

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[-] Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The thing is that most voters would be in favor of such a thing. Which is why those policies rarely find their way to polls. We don't live in a direct democracy. We live in an oligarchy.

Edit: Talking about the US here.

[-] P1r4nha@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it was a more general comment about the West. Including back-sliding democracies like the US.

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