oil Archives - Writers Rebel https://writersrebel.com/tag/oil/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:13:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://i0.wp.com/writersrebel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/index-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 oil Archives - Writers Rebel https://writersrebel.com/tag/oil/ 32 32 184391167 As the Oil Pumps, the Blood SpillsStephen Young https://writersrebel.com/as-the-oil-pumps-the-blood-spills/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:00:18 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=4459   Behind the missiles, bombs and bullets raining down on Ukraine lie fossil fuels. The rich world’s addiction to perpetual energy is financing a dictator’s war. The Ukrainians fleeing home and those who’ve stayed to fight are at the mercy of a twisted economic system. As the oil pumps, the blood spills.  Oil and gas [...]

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Don’t Be Like MeMark Engineer https://writersrebel.com/dont-be-like-me/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:00:10 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=4150   I have a confession to make. I’m a world class procrastinator. A heavyweight champion faffer-abouter. An Olympic standard timewaster. (This isn’t the confession. I’m just setting the scene.) It’s not great. It drives my friends and family nuts. It’s of practically no use in a climate and ecological emergency, which is all about acting [...]

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Read: Choose Oil / Choose LifeRobert Alcock https://writersrebel.com/choose-oil-choose-life/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:00:45 +0000 http://writersrebel.com/?p=2035   Some thoughts on art, direct action, and addiction  The opinions in this article are mine and don’t represent those of Extinction Rebellion Scotland or anyone else.   You might have seen that last week, three XR activists climbed onto the roof of the Scottish Parliament building and dropped a banner reading “Choose Oil or [...]

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