u/impolitik

Kenny's speech about how it doesn't matter if the play is real or fake or funny or tragic is a meta-commentary on the entire film. It doesn't matter if it is good or bad, or funny or sad, or satire or meta-satire, or anything at all. The point of the film is to speak honestly to this moment, just like Digger does in his monologue to the EU chamber. We are far past the point of no return with climate change and our continued extraction and consumption of oil and gas. We are beyond the point of Don't Look Up. The point of this kind of art is to show us the reality of our collective situation. That doesn't mean we should give up, just that it is important to be honest about reality.

Found this very interesting from the NYT on 8/28: "Most private companies have little incentive to hold on to oil. That is because oil is worth more today than traders believe it will be several months from now."

Apparently traders think prices are going to stay flat or even decline in coming months. A couple questions that I am puzzling through six months into the war: Has there been permanent demand destruction, and if so, how much? How long can China maintain the current lower level of imports? How long until strategic reserves around the world start to slow their draw downs? How elastic is oil demand really?

Super interesting to hear a detailed perspective from one of the most powerful politicians in the state. Especially about his perspective on leadership in the Senate and the sausage making that went into the Millionaire's Tax.

Curious what people think. He represents one of the Seattle districts and is being challenged from the left for the first time in a long time.