• ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]
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    17 days ago

    the argument for renewable energy isnt that we should stop using oil, its that we shouldnt burn it. why turn our limited supply of oil into CO2 and water when we can turn it into plastics, medicine, solvents, etc? around 3/4 of crude oil is used as fuel, but if renewable energy was used, the number of oil tankers would decrease by more than 75% bc local supplies would generally be sufficient for industrial, non-fuel uses

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 days ago

      bc local supplies would generally be sufficient for industrial, non-fuel uses

      this is assuming that its not just cheaper to import that needed oil? This is always going to be a fundamental problem, though maybe we already happen to produce plastic with native oil idk.