U.S. Taxpayers Have Subsidized Fossil Fuels for 111 Years, and Counting | For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 11 months ago

U.S. Taxpayers Have Subsidized Fossil Fuels for 111 Years, and Counting | For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies.

Sub-Aquatic Helicopter@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

Woah is that a real photo? NY Times give it credit and a date so I’d assume yes it’s real but also it looks so fake too. That’s insane if that’s actually how areas used to look!

silence7@slrpnk.net · 11 months ago

Yes, that’s how it used to look

kalkulat@lemmy.world · edit-2 11 months ago

Yeah, that’s a real photo. L.A. was built on oil.

“By 1930, California was responsible for a quarter of the world’s oil output. In some places, derricks were set so close to one another their legs overlapped.”

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/hollywood-worthy-camouflage-uncovering-the-urban-oil-derricks-of-los-angeles/

towerful@programming.dev · 11 months ago

Holy crap, those are some awesome links!

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silence7@slrpnk.net · 11 months ago

With more and better Democrats, it’s possible. Not this year (the Republicans hold a majority in the House) but as the industry starts to go into decline, we’ll pull it off, and accelerate the phase-out.