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Is the world running out of petrol? Chinese fuel prices are fairly cheap on a global scale. It has far more to do with public discontent over air quality than p
by RidingPegasus 8y ago
Is the world running out of petrol? Chinese fuel prices are fairly cheap on a global scale.
It has far more to do with public discontent over air quality than petro-politics.
- llukas 8y agoIs seems we are running out of breathable air faster than petrol. :)
- rch 8y agoChina became a net importer of oil in the 90s, and the negative externalities of petroleum production would naturally induce them to focus on demand reduction to alleviate that dependency. They also travel far and wide to drill (just as the U.S. does). Is that "petro-politics", environmentalism, or rational energy policy?
- starbeast 8y agoIf China had the same petrol car ownership as the USA, they would need more than 100 million barrels a day just for the Chinese car owners. Given this is slightly more than current total global consumption, petro-politics definitely come into play.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoWe can have cheap oil and still run out of it. That's what happens when you replace all ICE with EV until you don't have much oil to extract economically. "The Stone Age didn’t end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil." -- Sheikh Zaki Yamani