It's time to nationalize fossil fuel

Oil pipelines, pumping rigs, and electrical transmission lines dot the landscape along California's "Petroleum Highway" (Highway 33) running along the northwestern side of the San Joaquin Valley on April 24, 2020, near McKittrick, California. This area is known as the South Belridge Oil Field, and is part of the larger Belridge Producing Complex of Aera Energy LLC, which includes the smaller, but still substantial oil fields of North Belridge, Lost Hills, and Cymric, all in northwestern Kern County and 44 miles west of Bakersfield. George Rose/Getty Images

This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute.

If you want to trigger a conservative, just suggest nationalizing the U.S. gas and oil industry. "Venezuela!" they'll scream hysterically, perhaps adding a few, "Iran!" squeals. (Somehow, they always forget to yell about Norway…)