Dissonance

Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme heat

“This catastrophe was not caused by an act of God,” said Jeffrey B. Simon, a lawyer for the county, “but rather by several of the world’s largest energy companies playing God with the lives of innocent and vulnerable people by selling as much oil and gas as they could.”

Consider, however, the present administration in DC — and a long line of previous administrations as well — brag about pushing the price of gasoline down, so more people can use more of it affordably.

So then, maybe the catastrophe caused by companies playing God was also caused — or at least enthusiastically encouraged — by government.