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Hydrocarbons are fossil fuels, basically. They are not inexhaustible.
by bserge 6y ago
Hydrocarbons are fossil fuels, basically. They are not inexhaustible.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoBiofuels are
- bserge 6y agoOh yeah, good point. I haven't thought about it, but yeah if you do agriculture just for biofuel, it could be considered inexhaustible (and even renewable?). But that seems like a terrible waste of agricultural production (which is better used for feeding people and animals).
- cultus 6y agoSoil loss and salinification is always a danger. It's better to farm as little and as un-intensively as reasonable, in my opinion.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoThat depends on the alternative, doesn’t it? I think there is a place for biofuels, even if it is just replacing fossil jet fuel powering airliners
- sidpatil 6y ago> I haven't thought about it, but yeah if you do agriculture just for biofuel, it could be considered inexhaustible (and even renewable?). Only if the inputs are inexhaustible. Industrial agriculture is driven by fertilizer produced from fossil fuels.
- whatshisface 6y agoFossil fuels get more expensive the more you extract, while also squeezing civilization's neck via global warming, which makes it quite plausible that even if the world set out to exhaust all fossil fuel resources, it might fall apart before it succeeded.