It was meant as a joke since that tends to be one of the first solutions proposed to all the “But think of the oil jobs!” people when they vote against renewables when the truth is they just don’t want to put any personal effort into making the world a better place, they just want the status quo, so they find some convoluted excuse why that wouldn’t work, or why they shouldn’t have to, or why the oil industry is actually good.
It was meant as a joke since that tends to be one of the first solutions proposed to all the “But think of the oil jobs!” people when they vote against renewables when the truth is they just don’t want to put any personal effort into making the world a better place, they just want the status quo, so they find some convoluted excuse why that wouldn’t work, or why they shouldn’t have to, or why the oil industry is actually good.