• protist@mander.xyz
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      11 months ago

      Weird how it’s easier to break something than to build something

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          11 months ago

          He really can’t. Breaking the fossil fuel industry would require building a regulatory framework to do so, which would require congressional action. On the other hand, directing federal agencies to stop enforcing existing regulations and making internal decisions to undermine federal oversight of industry (aka breaking the regulatory framework) is much easier.

          Also, when gas prices go up people get angry

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            11 months ago

            Breaking the fossil fuel industry would require building a regulatory framework to do so,

            no, he can charge them with espionage, seize their assets, and make them fight it in a fisa court where they can’t see the evidence.