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Trump wants to ‘Drill, baby, drill.’ What does that mean for climate concerns? (alaskapublic.org)
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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The oil will be drilled now or later anyway.

The question is how much is burned when and why. I can't really see anyone anywhere being interested in consuming more oil. If consumption stays the same, he'll basically just be dumping the price.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Reducing oil prices reduces the financial incentives for using bicycles, taking public transit, living in a city and using renewable energy sources. Drilling itself also has environmental impacts.