Like frogs in a pot
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talkpoliticsReuters has reported that oil markets were severely shaken on Monday after hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc along the US Gulf coast over the weekend, crippling Houston and its port, and knocking out numerous refineries as well as some crude production. Gasoline prices hit two-year highs as massive floods caused by the storm forced refineries across the Gulf coast to shut down.
Harvey is the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, killing at least two people, causing large-scale flooding, and forcing the closure of the Houston port as well as several refineries. The US National Hurricane Center said on Monday that Harvey was moving away from the coast but was expected to linger close to the shore through - and it's now expected to make a second landfall, now in Louisiana.
As Harvey has hit the heart of the Texas energy industry, it transpired that president Trump had reversed regulations that were meant to protect infrastructure against flooding - ironically, just a few days before Harvey made its first landfall.
Earlier this year, Trump chose to dismiss an advisory panel whose job was to assess the effects of climate change, and come up with ways to respond to it. There are also indications that he's going to outright dismiss, if not at least attempt to suppress a blunt report by a panel of scientists who've worked hard to assess the causes and effects of climate change.
I think we can all connect the dots here...
God is punishing Texas and its oil industry for what they've been doing to mother nature! Trump is the Antichrist! Impeach!
But seriously... How much more thumping and bashing from nature do these guys need to realize they're the frog that's boiling at the bottom of that frying pot?
Harvey is the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, killing at least two people, causing large-scale flooding, and forcing the closure of the Houston port as well as several refineries. The US National Hurricane Center said on Monday that Harvey was moving away from the coast but was expected to linger close to the shore through - and it's now expected to make a second landfall, now in Louisiana.
As Harvey has hit the heart of the Texas energy industry, it transpired that president Trump had reversed regulations that were meant to protect infrastructure against flooding - ironically, just a few days before Harvey made its first landfall.
Earlier this year, Trump chose to dismiss an advisory panel whose job was to assess the effects of climate change, and come up with ways to respond to it. There are also indications that he's going to outright dismiss, if not at least attempt to suppress a blunt report by a panel of scientists who've worked hard to assess the causes and effects of climate change.
I think we can all connect the dots here...
God is punishing Texas and its oil industry for what they've been doing to mother nature! Trump is the Antichrist! Impeach!
But seriously... How much more thumping and bashing from nature do these guys need to realize they're the frog that's boiling at the bottom of that frying pot?
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Date: 30/8/17 19:35 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 30/8/17 20:15 (UTC)Wow, that's worse...
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Date: 31/8/17 06:51 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 31/8/17 07:15 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 31/8/17 20:03 (UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd25WteNTIU
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Date: 1/9/17 10:17 (UTC)That brought back memories. Some of us were around when Animals first came out. You hid your Floyd and Zeppelin behind your Clash and Damned albums so your friends couldn't see them. Tragically hip.