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Its definetly a controversial subject.
I think it's a hot issue for many working class citizens due to the results of creating more American jobs and lowering gas prices.
On the other side of the issue is climate risks and feeding our reliance on fossil fuels.
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Yeah keep downvoting me without adding to the conversation. I haven't said I was one way or the other. Just providing an article for education on the subject and speculating on why people are on both sides.
To state my opinion. I'm against fracking. Against ICE vehicle subsidies (fuck these huge pick up trucks). Also for nuclear power.
On one side! The world dying! On the other, a couple people's jobs that can be replaced by green sector jobs!
What a massively hard decision.
We all know in a capitalist society there are people who only see short term. They care about themselves and not the future.
That means billionaires that only care about making the line go up. Increasing their own wealth. Hoarding it like greedy little lepricons.
That means working class that wants cheap gas and more jobs.
All at the cost of the planet and the future of all life on the planet.
It’s also poisoning our water