cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37002792
25 April 1999
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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
You can easily tell from the propaganda what they want: they want us isolated, fearful and dependent on fossil fuels.
Getting the fossil-fuel monkey off our collective backs will not only improve our health and quality of life, it'll also drive dictators and despots out in several countries. In particular, it'll destroy the revenue stream that funds Russia's imperialism. It'll also make those AI data centers non-viable, making it harder for our own local oligarchs to oppress us.
Since US and Iran negotiations are not progressing we could be looking at total collapse of transportation. I can imagine transition to post-fossil-fuel transportation in Europe. Public transportation is already there, a lot of it based on electricity like Metro, trams, trains and electric buses. They will most likely mandate working from home and other than commuting everything is walking distance away for a lot people. In US thought? You can't build such system in a matter of weeks or months. A lot of people will be fucked.
On the bright side, reality is finally catching up to the other half of the USA. Because of car centric infrastructure, the consequence of big orange's actions will finally reach the people who need to feel it the most.