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And leave the petroleum in the ground? Not likely. Solutions will be found as long as it has enough value (unfortunately.)

• rbanffy 6y ago
  We do that all the time with stuff that's costlier to extract than the market is willing to pay for it.
  • eloff 6y ago
    That's the eventual fate of the oil that's most costly to extract, like the Canadian tar sands. But as long as you can extract it at a profit, people will do just that.
    • rbanffy 6y ago
      Which is kind of a shame because, in that case, the sand result of the extraction can eventually become usable soil.