White Skin Black Fuel


Questions:
Why has business as usual remained dominant? Is progress linked to ethnonationslist racism?
Did Trump's election consolidate incipient movements for expanding fossil fuel use? How are Trump’s suburbs and SUVs opposed to climate solutions and why aren’t they addressed? Are fossil fasicists synonymous with conservatives? Why did the Wall Street Journal endorse Bolsanaro? Do fascists come to power with the consent of the ruling class? 
Should Fascism be redefined (pg 241)? Is it a problem that it belongs to all? Is Bosnia a prototype of the racist violence to come? Have we normalized genocide and mass slaughter as a policy to control oil, gas, and other resources from Bosnia, Iraq, and Libya to other places?
What role does denial play in climate change? In war in 1840? Is Climate Change the right word and if not how did it become the dominant liberal opposition to conservatives? Is climate catastrophe a better term?
How is immigration relevant to climate change? What is gestating migrations? Does the race to the bottom- Hungary- and the auto industry follow? What is the link to Standing Rock and the history of the United States?
Is Fossil Fascism with a climate component ecofascism or is all environmentalism ecofascism? Who are eco militants and why isn't Koch, Hamm etc. in this group? What role do the police routinely play with protests, alternatives, and regulation?
What can be done about climate change related campaign contributions? How does it relate to self reliance and the constitution?
Why is race still relevant and how does it affect the climate component? 
What would it mean to live in a world both hotter and further to the right than now? What is the alternative to fuels not left in the ground? Why are wind mills being removed? Is there a parallel with Short Circuiting Policy? Why has transition proceeded slower than necessary in the US?
What are the threats to white supremacy? Where are they coming from? What role do consumers play? Why doesn't the NYTimes and other mainstream publications cover the pass that Trump, the civil war, climate disasters, George Floyd etc mean about fossil fascism?

Interview with the authors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pspu3GuoFbY




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