this is such an absurd, cynical, backwards position.
if there's a lesson to be learned from this, it's how far behind we are in transitioning off of carbon, and how much work we have to do, quickly, to get off of it.
is our infrastructure reliant on oil? yes. would another 1973 create a lot of problems? yes. does that mean we should increase our reliance on the thing that's causing all of these problems? no. of course not. that's fucking ridiculous.
is our infrastructure reliant on oil? yes. would another 1973 create a lot of problems? yes. does that mean we should increase our reliance on the thing that's causing all of these problems? no. of course not. that's fucking ridiculous.
what it means is that we have a lot of work to do in converting the infrastructure, and we should be pushing the state to do it.