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orthoclad

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5. Over and over they told us we need "energy independence",

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 05:10 PM

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so we had to drill and frack and pipeline like crazy, spoiling huge tracts of pristine land and sea. Now we pay the global cost of petro stuff because the supplies to Asia are reduced. So what was all that "energy independence" about? (Other than a lying scam, of course)

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