Nonsense. Saddam would have been delighted to sell all the hydrocarbons he could pump freely for dollars on world markets. The United States did not allow him to do so. For that matter, Iran also would like to be able to do this.
Saddam did offer/threaten to do that. The US oil magnates feared that would drive down oil prices and their profits.
Russia has also threatened to do the same.
Nevertheless, continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels, and/or their conversion into plastics threaten the prolonged existence of humans and other life forms.
Nonsense. Saddam would have been delighted to sell all the hydrocarbons he could pump freely for dollars on world markets. The United States did not allow him to do so. For that matter, Iran also would like to be able to do this.
Note that the world is awash in cheap resources.
Saddam did offer/threaten to do that. The US oil magnates feared that would drive down oil prices and their profits.
Russia has also threatened to do the same.
Nevertheless, continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels, and/or their conversion into plastics threaten the prolonged existence of humans and other life forms.
The so-called "oil for food" program was put in place precisely to keep Iraq from being able to sell oil freely on world markets.
For that matter, Russia also is selling oil, albeit not so freely. Russia wishes it could do so.
As to climate change and its impact- that is all beside the point.
Some zealots believe that they can accelerate the coming of Armageddon, End of Days and the Rapture by destroying the environment.
I have never heard of such, but that all is irrelevant to the oil for food program and the like.