Someone who is "rich" in a consumable asset and therefore chooses to just consume that instead of investing in a renewable or compounding asset is colloquially known as "a dumbass."

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navane an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And it's called "dutch disease".

We did it with gas. Now look at Norway. We could've been like Norway.

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epolanski 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

But US seems to be doing a bit of everything no?

But of course it doesn't have the same incentives of China.

	▲	estearum 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You are commenting on an article in which the US is deciding (and paying immense costs) in order not to do everything. The current administration is actively trying to squash several proven-valuable ways of converting non-renewable resources into renewable ones.