More Wool Over Eyes

The fossil fuel cartel held its annual Cera Week gathering in Houston and they are going "green". Yea! No more denying climate change, now they want to help fix it. They will help by taking government money to research "carbon capture and storage". All this important research, which they are happy to undertake, will take a few years of course and in the meantime the oil majors will be investing in more production and exploration. I guess you could say they have us over a barrel! Ha ha. In somber tones they remind us of how much fossil fuel it is going to take to make the "green transition", but not to worry, they are here to help. This should inspire Bill McKibben to write another article, perhaps send out another petition. Meanwhile, environmentalists are celebrating the fact that the Biden administration is strenghtening the Endangered Species Act. Yea! New rules (which Trump reversed) will go into effect until a judge suspends them because ranchers sue. Or oil and gas developers. Or mining companies. Whoever cries out that the rules are costing jobs, profit, a way of life, etc...Expect the Sierra Club to write an article praising Biden and send out a petition. To show your support. Send more cash. You know the drill. If this all sounds like the endless merry-go-round from Hell it's because it is. Everyone believes the regulatory state can reign in the excesses of liberal democratic capitalism. Fareed Zacharia and David Brooks will describe how wonderful the system COULD BE if only. We just need better rules. Better laws. Sure, keep pulling the wool over your own eyes. It's worked so far!