1. King oil: a speculative opinion.
- Author
-
de Redon, Louis
- Subjects
CLIMATE change ,SLAVERY ,CARBON taxes ,PETROLEUM ,HUMAN rights - Abstract
This speculative opinion is based on an apparent dream caused by Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. The account includes a comparison between arguments against the abolition of slavery and those against ending a fossil-fuel based economy in favor of sustainability through a green approach. Recent social disturbance in France shows that a carbon tax has not been persuasively advocated. But it should be clear that unchanged laissez-faire economics will produce disaster in light of the facts about global heating and climate change. This account is based on historical and contemporary quotations from American political figures from both the XIX and XXI centuries. The parallels raise fundamental issues of human rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF