David Ho1d ago

I’d rather live next to wind turbines and solar panels.

https://apnews.com/article/refinery-explosion-texas-coast-60ecf6d9a70a2f1d5494fb8e38a84c4a

Fire out and shelter order lifted after Texas oil refinery explosion

Officials say an oil refinery fire near the Texas coast has been put out and a shelter-in-place order has been lifted following air quality testing. The large explosion at the complex had shot plumes of smoke into the air. A Valero spokesperson says no one was injured and all employees are accounted for after Monday’s explosion at the company's refinery in Port Arthur. The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war. Valero’s website says the refinery has about 770 employees and can process about 435,000 barrels of oil per day. The plant refines heavy sour crude oil into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

AP News
Show threadnormie1d ago

@davidho I live near 4 turbines

I don't even notice them unless I intentionally look at them

hell, I forget there's solar panels on my roof most of the time

anyone who thinks fossil fuels is the way forwards should suck on a car exhaust pipe before debating me

some people can't absorb obvious facts - they need someone else to do their thinking for them - hatemongers and other fascists

I despair

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@normjess @davidho I’ve known we we’re screwed for awhile. I knew because I seen signs fighting against oil pipelines and wind turbines in the same yards . Not a solar panel in sight, no River from here to he horizon, but all the lights were on and the noon siren goes off each day. Fighting tooth and nail against anything in their backyard and not even knowing where the power came from. It’s from a never ending cargo train of coal btw. They just look past it nowadays.
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Show threadnormie22h ago

@passwordsarehard4 @davidho
the US is designed around cars and cheap gas but the world gas supply is finite. over in our lifetimes!

here in Europe cities are designed around bicycles and trains

you can buy electric cars from BYD, who offer double what Tesla does

I get there's small towns that rely on coal mining - but its the biggest cause of climate change, literally destroying our environment

this is the problem with capitalism, people can get very very rich doing bad shit

monopolies can form, small towns become beholden to companies that destroy the environment for an extra buck

imagine after the car became cheap (not even was invented) there was a load of huge horse & cart companies trying to prevent you from owning one

the US is the stupidest country in the world, and the UK is almost as stupid for seeing its backwards thinking nonsense wanting to copy it