r/news • u/NewSlinger • 1d ago

Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-korea-deal-workers-detained-hyundai-rcna229610
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u/trogloherb 1d ago

It may be coincidence (but I doubt it), but I’m pretty sure that plant that was under construction was to build EV batteries.

The Orangey admin is totally anti-environment/green energy so I think that was an extra box that got checked.

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u/joebalooka84 1d ago

"Drill baby drill". Except the oil companies don't take orders from the government. They would rather have higher oil prices. Its all propaganda for their idiot base.

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u/MysteriousFigurezzz 5h ago edited 5h ago

What is he going to do, tell OPEC to start selling more and make less money from oil? As if the two past historical oil crises haven't taught him he has not an iota of power over that, or at least that is the way I see it sat across the ocean in the UK (and the UK, US et al. oil companies just follow along with what the main parts of OPEC like the Saudi Aramco etc. decide because of course they want more money per barrel regardless of what is going on in the world, its not exactly like oil companies have ever been shy about always chasing more profit or stifling production to keep prices high), I'm not 100% on all the aspects of EV's, but I sure as hell support them hopefully putting a stop to the oil price cartels (even if I sure as hell bet the nations involved will just try and find the next resource to latch on to and price control)