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Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom by kodah on Saturday April 30, 2022 @07:05PM (#31220345)
You do realize we'll still need fossil fuels even if we have a 100% renewable grid, right? A lot of people go to work in Oil because of a lack of opportunity. It's not like living in an oil field in a camper is a dream life anyway. 100k isn't going to solve those problems, you're just further marginalizing them with a facade of, "we paid the problem off!"

The level of disconnection some folks have for the life experiences of others is astounding at times.

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Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom by jeffbee on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:21AM (#31222155)
> we'll still need fossil fuels even if we have a 100% renewable grid

For the record, I 100% do not concede this point.

Also I spent my early years as a pipe welding man in Oklahoma, so if you think you speak for some kind of fuel-producing working class I am here to inform you otherwise.

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Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom by kodah on Sunday May 01, 2022 @01:49AM (#31222547)
No need to concede anything, it's just a fact. Oil is used for more than just energy, and those products won't be replaced in our lifetimes. You could try to bet on battery advancements beyond Lithium Ion, but we're a ways away from that too for your claims.

The lazy conclusion that you can just throw money at a problem and make it go away is just that. Those people need to be retrained and will need support as they are retrained, 100k isn't going to touch that. I wasn't speaking for anyone, just a long standing belief I've had about most blue collar jobs that people want to elimate. I said the same thing when Hillary Clinton said something equally as callous to coal miners.

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