For Progressives, Big Tech is Becoming the New Big Oil
Technology For Progressives, Big Tech is Becoming the New Big Oil Highly ideological liberal elites are conspiring to take over the AI safety field. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Allum Bokhari Oct 3, 2026 12:03 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... What would it take for a European country to sabotage its own energy security, pouring cement down its gas wells and sealing them off for good? The Dutch government is doing exactly that, permanently burying reserves worth €200 billion (that's around €150,000 per Dutch citizen) because locals complained about tremors so faint that most people never felt them.
- ▪Technology For Progressives, Big Tech is Becoming the New Big Oil Highly ideological liberal elites are conspiring to take over the AI safety field. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Allum Bokhari Oct 3, 2026 12:03 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text
- ▪What would it take for a European country to sabotage its own energy security, pouring cement down its gas wells and sealing them off for good?
- ▪The Dutch government is doing exactly that, permanently burying reserves worth €200 billion (that's around €150,000 per Dutch citizen) because locals complained about tremors so faint that most people never felt them.
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Technology For Progressives, Big Tech is Becoming the New Big Oil Highly ideological liberal elites are conspiring to take over the AI safety field. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Allum Bokhari Oct 3, 2026 12:03 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... What would it take for a European country to sabotage its own energy security, pouring cement down its gas wells and sealing them off for good? Not much, it turns out. The Dutch government is doing exactly that, permanently burying reserves worth €200 billion (that's around €150,000 per Dutch citizen) because locals complained about tremors so faint that most people never felt them. Britain has banned new drilling in the North Sea, one of the richest oil reserves on earth.
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