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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014

      1. Let's think of the Keystone debate in terms of addiction. Alcoholism is perhaps a useful model.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      2. Alcoholism is not having one drink or a series of drinks. Alcoholism is a process and a lifestyle: behavior integrated into life.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      3. In the helpful words of G.W. Bush (a man who knows about alcoholism), we are "addicted to oil."

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      4. Bush meant addiction in terms of America's energy security but addiction model applies even more in terms of climate.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      5. The alcoholic thinks: "One more drink isn't going to kill me." The alcoholic is right. It's not the one drink, it's the process.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      6. Like alcoholism, our carbon-dependence is behavior that makes short term sense (drink makes us feel better, oil is cheap, strong energy)

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      7. This pro-Keystone column is basically saying, "one more oil well isn't going to kill us." http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/new-language-same-old-story-on-keystone-from-climate-scientists/ …

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      8. It's true that Keystone by itself is not going to destroy the planet. It's just another drink, one in a long series.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      9. Alcoholism is supported by an infrastructure: liquor stores, bars, drinking culture, enablers. Carbon-use also comes with infrastructure

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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      10. The infrastructure of addiction is a big reason why it's hard to change. Infrastructure makes addiction easy.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014

      11. Energy-use is never a simple market choice between competing products: it's a choice embedded in infrastructure.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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          12. We use the energy-sources we do based on what's available, which is based on publicly built infrastructure (grids, pipelines, etc)

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 May 2014
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          13. If we take climate science seriously, we need to be moving away from carbon-economy & build an alternative infrastructure.

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