“Big Oil”, Lions, and Us

It is disappointing to me to see the continued misinformation provided by oil companies that, against all evidence, EVs are not better for the environment than gasoline vehicles. https://vitalsigns.edf.org/story/yes-electric-vehicles-are-better-environment-and-answers-more-questions-about-evs#:~:text=EVs%20help%20the%20envir... They are not the final or best solution, but they are far better solution than continuing to subsidize and promote oil burning vehicles. EV's don't have to be 4500 lb pickup trucks. They can be motorcycle style vehicles which are vastly better for the environment and I would encourage us all to think about how big our vehicles need to be(or if we need a personal one at all). It is disappointing to me to see comments about the damage that mining minerals for batteries causes (which are real) while completely ignoring the huge damage caused by the extraction of oil to the environment which are so much worse. https://earth.org/lithium-and-cobalt-mining/

As regards the planting of 1 million trees, it is a deceptive statistic that does very little to address the problem. First of all, the government has not released any verifiable data, and to the contrary has remained opaque on the those statistics, and there is a great deal of evidence that while many trees have been planted that they have not been planted in places that they will survive so the majority are dying providing no benefit. Forested land in Mexico has continued decline thanks to many factors including cutting down jungle to build a train line of dubious economic value. https://aristeguinoticias.com/0106/mexico/sembrando-vida-el-infertil-programa-de-amlo-para-al/

Weaning ourselves off of oil will be difficult and even painful, but the alternative will be even more painful and we are beginning to see just how painful. Lack of water here in large part because of multiple years of reduced rainfall. More powerful storms, oppressive heat, disruption for food crops. The cry that Mexico can't afford to make the transition rings hollow to me and seems to ignore the alternative which is likely to be even more expensive.