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Many of us have for years been calling on Congress for a wartime mobilization of deploying clean energy to end our reliance on fossil fuels, and it seems like this is the perfect time to make a big push in this direction. How many decades has oil been one of the leading drivers in global instability? That instability will only get worse as the effects of climate change become even more severe. The only path to true energy independence is renewable energy, and we ought to link that idea to patriotism and national security now more than ever.

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And in reference to the Saudis' refusal to help, it may be related to the dispute over oil between Saudi Arabia and Russia. They've been feuding. Please read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Russia%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_oil_price_war

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I laugh as I write this: all of the “End of Day-ers” who sweat over the Book of Revelations in the NewTestament have never really considered the implications of the “angel” commenting “Touch not the oil” — I suspect.

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