So it's kind of like a carbon tax, but only higher.
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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Oh man I long for the days where we were worried about the carbon tax......
It's a small comfort, knowing if this war doesn't spiral and kill us all, or if AI doesn't kill us all, or if disease doesn't kill us all, or MAGA doesn't kill us all..... there will still be catastrophic climate change waiting to.... kill us all.
Just wait until somewheres around July. I predict we see the lowest arctic ice extent on record, followed immediately by El Nino and panic around wintertime when we realize the ice free summers are now upon us in the arctic.
panic around wintertime when we realize the ice free summers are now upon us in the arctic.
Literally what Putin and Trump are looking forward to, opening up those northeast and northwest passages.
Isnt El Niño every 4 years? We just had it.
No, it's pretty cyclical but not always predictable. The last one was 2023-24 so maybe not as recent as you thought?
a carbon tax where oil magnates get rich
Can't wait to see stickers of trump and "I did that" on the gas pumps...
Already have mine! 🤣
That’s what HE said!
Does expensive oil help Russia? I presume that it would. Probably doesn't hurt the Muskrat either.
It already is. The US gave India an exception to buy Russian oil.
very very much so. that and potash is about all they have it feels like some days.
It absolutely does help Russia, I already made that point the first day of the war.
Putin sacrificed Iran to help the Russian economy.
Small price to pay… besides the US bases being targeted by missiles, the billions in defense hardware being used, refineries in neighboring countries being targeted and hit, the economy under further seige, and we haven’t yet been hit by the price increases due to transportation costs of goods.
Yeah. He left all of that out.
Also it was a small price to pay for defeating Iran , something that hasn't been achieved yet.
There is no way USA will defeat Iran in any meaningful sense.
If USA put boots on the ground, it will be many times worse than Afghanistan.
First: There are even more hiding places in the mountains of Iran than in Afghanistan, and the population is twice as big. And the area 2½ times bigger.
Second: Iran is way better organized, and has several big well trained organizations that can be made ready for guerrilla war almost instantly.
Third: I very seriously doubt any traditional allies to USA will be willing to support such an action. so USA will be on their own. If Israel goes in too, it will probably only make it worse.
Fourth, there is no organized support for the invaders as USA and the allies had in Afghanistan where it was supported by the reigning government.
It's very doubtful the war can be won from the sky, it's simply never been done! So the outlook for USA winning this war is bleak to put it mildly.
Small price to pay for covering up your involvement in the Epstein files you pedophile
Epstein files?
i mean yeah it sucks for us but chevron's doing great. can't you see the big picture
Small price to pay for distracting people from the Epstein files.
Doesn't even matter if it's big or small, when he is making others pay. The price is small to him, and that's all that matters to him.
The cost to the global society and USA is already HUGE! And obviously the price is worst for the Iranian population.
It's so easy for the child fucker to say that when I pay for his fuel usage.
Anyone got any "I did that!!" stickers with Trump's dumb face on them?
He's not the one paying
Nothing says making affordability a priority like spiking gas prices with no end in sight.
Full related tweet:
Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!President DJT
Iran's nuclear threat that they claimed to have utterly obliterated with their bombing last year? That threat again? The one Netanyahu has said is just weeks away every year since 1995?
Can we please increase the cost of oil without committing atrocities?
How about adding a 5% carbon tax every year. Use that funding for busses and trains.
It's the same price we paid for war with Iraq which took about 20 years to become a stable and self-functioning state.
And in those 20 years, how much went to US companies to rebuild it?
That was the intention.
When others cause issues, it's because they are incompetent. When I cause issues, there's a really good reason
Rules for thee, not for me
Someone needs to make a "how it started, how it's going" for this.
But Donvict started with an economy that was the envy of the world, bitched and whined and howled with brazen lies about it, claiming, with no evidence, it was the "worst EVAR". Now it's a year+, and he's saying making the economy worse is worth it.