I know some people might take offense to drawing a comparison between the plantation masters of the 19th Century and the energy barons of the 21st, but I can sorta see a parallel. The plantation masters earned their obscene fortunes by brutalizing an ethnic subset of humanity, while the energy barons are making their obscene fortunes today by brutalizing the entire planet---and with it, all humankind. I'm not sure how we ever stop this violence short of some global accord requiring every country to nationalize all of its energy assets, and it's frankly hard to ever see that happening. So those of us who reside in coastal cities had better get fitted for swim fins and complete our SCUBA certifications.
---Baron V
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