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A comment on Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming. Parent comment

Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by nickserv on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:41PM (#21444861)
It's cheaper when you don't need to follow labor and environmental regulations.
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Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by hanniabu on Monday November 04, 2019 @03:19PM (#21446021)
Bingo, and when it becomes too expensive there, you just do your typical political corruption/bribery dance and get the rules to change here so you can continue to profit from environmental destruction.
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Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by WorldMaker on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:40PM (#21446808)
Besides, warlords often want lots of Nickel and other metals for projects. The Cobalt is "waste product" from what they were going to be mining for in the first place.
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