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"With the news of the US’ actions in Venezuela this morning, we are reminded
again of how reducing oil demand can lead to less conflict – and electric
vehicles are our best bet for doing so.
Today, US dictator Donald Trump, who cannot legally hold US office,
unilaterally ordered an invasion of Venezuela, violating the country’s
sovereignty and kidnapping
its dictator, Nicolas Maduro.
The US claims the initial operation went off smoothly, but we’re only hours in,
and the US is no stranger to premature declarations of victory. (
Update: A
Venezuelan official says at least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers,
were killed).
Mr. Trump stated outright this morning that the reason for the invasion was to
steal Venezuela’s oil. Although, this will likely be a difficult process due to
decaying infrastructure and long-term destabilization in the country, partially
caused by US sanctions to begin with.
Attempts were made in this morning’s press conference to obfuscate the US’
purposes there, but he couldn’t help but come back to the same explanation over
and over: it’s oil.
Putting aside any opinions of Maduro’s reign in Venezuela, the action this
morning is clearly an unjust and unwise escalation regardless, and this moment
reminds us of one of the benefits of EVs: that they will help to put an end to
this sort of conflict."
Via Seph, who wrote "And this is why the US administration is doing everything
it can to kill them"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
