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Strong Carbon Cap Would Cut Iran’s Petrodollars By Over $100 Million A Day.

If the world moves away from oil dependence, Iran’s regime will no longer be able to rely on petrodollars to stay afloat. Other unfriendly regimes propped up by carbon-fuel money, such as Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, will also feel the pinch, improving our national security and making it less likely our armed services will fight battles amid the oil fields. For that to happen, the United States must pass comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation as fast as possible, the stronger the better.

The thought that a single act could save the planet and improve our national security is all well and good, but we have to remember that things like actual national security and oil independence aren't as important as PRETEND national security and oil independence, since it's a lot easier to whip stupid people into a frenzy and count on their votes with the latter of the two. So luckily for us, this won't actually happen.