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In what universe is the demand for oil declining? China is coming online, the rest of the world is developing. We are going to go from 20,000 passenger planes t
by rsj_hn 5y ago
In what universe is the demand for oil declining? China is coming online, the rest of the world is developing. We are going to go from 20,000 passenger planes to 200,000 planes, each of which is going to be burning tens of thousands of gallons per flight, and from 130 million trucks to 400 million trucks. Cars, equipment, are all increasing. Shipping is increasing. Global oil production is steadily increasing as well.
- adrianN 5y agoIn the universe where we can still expect to life a good life in thirty to forty years.
- refurb 5y agoScience says catastrophic warming will happen even if we stop all CO2 release today. Might as well enjoy the time we have left.
- adrianN 5y agoScience says warming gets more and more catastrophic the more CO2 we release. It's very much not a binary choice how the climate future will look like.
- rsj_hn 5y agoYour reasoning is that because if P is true you would feel bad, therefore P must be false. I hope acquiring this level of logical rigor didn't require large student loans.