It’s a tough problem because they don’t have any skin in the game.
If they have any doubts, they can take the position to just “ban it all” and NIMBY it because there’s no immediate downside to them if they are on the “ban wagon” and no perceivable upside if they support it.
Sure, it hurts us all in fuel prices, energy independence etc, but how do they feel it?
So they’re not likely to make a good selfish decision, much less a broad, thoughtful one.
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