We can't drill our way out of conflicts with petrostate goons. Make them irrelevant.
Fossil fuels comprise 60% of Russia’s exports and make up 40% of its federal budget. In other words, oil and gas literally fuel the war machine that an unhinged megalomaniac has used to slaughter children and other defenseless civilians in Ukraine over the last few weeks.
But it was crucial that Biden used his announcement to clarify not only the sacrifice needed going forward, but the conversation required at this moment in time. The bipartisan, international ban on Russian products must be more than a declaration that we can never again allow to use oil as a weapon on peaceful nations. It must also be a global pivot toward cleaner energy, because ending our dependence on fossil fuels can be the only way to undercut the territorial ambition of an oil-slicked butcher.“This crisis is a stark reminder: To protect our economy over the long term, we need to become energy independent,”. “I’ve had numerous conversations over the last three months with our European friends of how they have to wean themselves off Russian oil.
If the alternative to relying on a Russian tyrant's oil is a Saudi tyrant's oil, maybe we should be less reliant on oil?
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