alt Hacker NewsThe cost of fixing this will be everyone's problem. If we suddenly have to ramp up domestic production because diesel is >$10/gal it'll be a no holds barred unmitigated environmental catastrophe. We will be drilling and spilling absolutely everywhere, because the alternative is dead people in the streets.
Emergencies like this are one nightmare scenario accelerant of climate disaster.
The dead people in the streets are already why diesel is >$10/gal.
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