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After all the lethally negative externalities that the carbon oligarchs have forced upon our planet, my gut says they should be forced to make restitution, get the corporate death penalty, and send their decision-makers to the hoosegow. However, since they still call the shots and employ millions of people, I suggest that we use a modified version of Jimmy Carter’s plan to get us off of foreign oil. Rather than just using the stick of threatening the fossil fuel industry with a windfall profits tax to help pay for the transition to green energy, our government needs to make them an offer that their stakeholders will not let them refuse. For instance, we (and every other country that helps subsidize them with over $5T annually) could replace the current subsidies with even more money than they already make, if they just keep “their” carbon in the ground. However, to get that bonus capital (that will attract more shareholder money) they need to transition their extractive and poisonous business models to collaborating with local businesses to build a multi-trillion-dollar, state-of-the-art renewable energy system for the world, and work to restore the livability of Earth’s air, land, and water. And the deal should be contingent upon them allocuting to their crimes against people and the environment, even if it means getting Ken Lay on Zoom from Paraguay.

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