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Fossil fuels are definitively the new tobacco

• Bostonian 5y ago
  Would it be better if alcoholic drinks and tobacco had never been discovered? Perhaps. But I don't think you can fairly say the same thing about fossil fuels, which have enabled widespread prosperity.
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  • mustacheemperor 5y ago
    There's actually some intriguing research into the relationship between human social development and the use of alcohol, and whether it may actually have been a key component of the growth of civilization. The article shared on HN recently about "America's unhealthy relationship with alchohol" explored it.[0] [0]https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america...