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Everything about this statement is wrong. > addicted Nobody’s addicted to anything here. There’s a demand for energy, and a supply of it in the market. > add
by AmericanChopper 7y ago
Everything about this statement is wrong.
> addicted
Nobody’s addicted to anything here. There’s a demand for energy, and a supply of it in the market.
> addicted specifically to fossil fuels
Even if you put aside the frankly silly premise that anything the market has a demand for, it must be addicted to, the demand is for energy, not energy produced in a specific way. If you had two light bulbs, one powered by coal, and another powered by a renewable source, do you think there is a single person in the world that could tell them apart?
- TeMPOraL 7y agoWell, people aren't addicted to heroin, they want their opioid receptors activated. :). > Even if you put aside the frankly silly premise that anything the market has a demand for, it must be addicted to, the demand is for energy, not energy produced in a specific way. Addiction also is a thing until it doesn't. Addicts can kick their addiction, especially if the underlying need is fulfilled by something else. > If you had two light bulbs, one powered by coal, and another powered by a renewable source, do you think there is a single person in the world that could tell them apart? Doesn't matter. The market cares about whether you can sell fossil fuels at a profit. Energy demand is what creates a fossil fuel demand, and our fossil fuel addiction will only end when we're able to close off the fossil fuel tap without immediately collapsing the whole civilization.
- bin0 7y agoThis is ridiculous. You're purposely conflating need/demand for addiction to try to spin something a certain way. I need food, water, air, etc. and yet would not call myself an addict. Would you? I don't think any one is claiming oil is a viable solution long-term, so why are you bothering?