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Fossil fuels stand accused of death, destruction, deception, denial, and dishonesty.
They are dirty and disagreeable, but they became deities that we worshipped for decades.
They divide our nation – for some of us (especially Albertans) they are angelic, others (especially climatologists) regard them as demons.
Fossil fuels finance tremendous wealth for the few, a dependable provider of dividends. Just 100 fossil fuel producing companies and their investors have been the source of more than 70 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988.
Last year, Oxfam issued a reportconfirming that the richest one percent of the world’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity.