DoE Rebrands Fossil Fuels to "Freedom Gas" - Not Satire

[EricHiggin]

Pemalite said:

KLAMarine said:

But "Molecules of Freedom" and "Freedom Gas" were both brought up with regards to exporting natural gas. They had nothing to do with climate change.

Yeah. I don't think it will impact climate change efforts from either side.
The worst it will do is paint fossil fuels in a slightly more positive light for your average Patriot.

I think we are at that tipping point where the science is pretty solid on how fossil fuels affect climate, renaming a few things isn't likely to undermine that a great deal going forward.

I don't see this in particular necessarily making a major impact on the overall viewpoint of climate change, but not every attempt at making change has to be done in a manner that makes a big splash. Sometimes you have to take baby steps to get to your goal. Sometime you have to push. Sometimes it just takes time.

As stupid as some people seem to think Trump and his administration is, I seriously can't believe they would be dumb enough not to take climate change into account based on their energy push against renewables.

One word that is extremely good at getting people to side with you, is...

Replace "our lives" with our jobs, income, etc, and you can see why freedom is the right word because it covers more than just the business aspect. Politically it's a really smart move on their part.