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To put that into perspective, about 120,000 people are displaced every day in the middle east because of a mess ultimately created in the pursuit of oil interests.

That's one Fukoshima every day.

Apparently the US felt that hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, and democratic governments overthrown was an acceptable price for slightly cheaper oil. I fully expect that calculation to come out the same when climate refugees are considered.

The lengths we'll go to for cheap energy and car culture, right?

parent chmod775 8 years ago

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