You did this.
You spent the last 8 years bleating incessantly about how fossil fuels and carbon emissions were "destroying the planet".
About how they are a mortal danger to humanity.
You did this without any objective, empirical evidence whatsoever, but that did not matter to you. What mattered most to you was having a cause du jour to champion; something to make you appear noble and virtuous.
Well the chickens have come home to roost.
Fossil fuels and refined petroleum products are a literal miracle of nature. They have enabled the development, production, and distribution of every modern convenience and privilege in this world that you have come to take for granted.
And now, because of your constant bitching and whining, every company on the planet that explores for and makes these fuels that you rely on has become persona-non-grata in the eyes of banks and funds that control the flow of capital in the West.
Right now, these companies are willing to do nothing with their money other than to invest a fraction of it cautiously and stash the rest of it away for safekeeping.
Oil and natural gas are going to be scarce and expensive for a very long time because of the way that YOU have behaved.
The problem is not that gasoline is "going" to $5.50 or $6.00/gallon, or that oil is "going" to $150 per barrel up from $50.
It's that they're going there, and they're fucking staying there.
Nothing on the planet can replace these fuel sources. Nothing.
Wind energy provides net negative returns without the enormous government subsidy it receives, creates a massive landfill problem from it's used up components, and also requires continuous fossil fuel use for manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.
Solar doesn't work either. The sun simply doesn't shine bright enough and in enough places.
The world had to listen to your nonsensical bitching for far too long, and now you're going to pay for it.
