
There has been a shift in the ongoing war to defeat fossil energy. Have you felt it? It's a shift in the direction of those of us who support fossil energy. Yes, the election of Donald Trump, who ran on a platform of unapologetically supporting oil and gas (and coal), and his overwhelming victory is a watershed moment in history. However, we propose that Trump's win is a result (evidence of) and not the cause of this shift. A recent commentary in the
Wall Street Journal nails the reason for the shift against radical environmentalism and in favor of fossil energy. The article begins with this lucid and insightful statement: "Momentous social movements begin to die the moment adherents figure out their leaders don’t believe what they say."
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