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Global warming is one thing. Supporting war criminals like Vladimir Putin or Mohammed Bin Salman is another. I don't want to subsidise them. So the rare times
by markvdb 5y ago
Global warming is one thing. Supporting war criminals like Vladimir Putin or Mohammed Bin Salman is another. I don't want to subsidise them.
So the rare times I drive, I mostly use an electric. The even rarer times I drive a diesel car, I use HVO100 [0]. That is by choice. I consciously try to limit my fossil fuel consumption with the goal of reducing war subsidies and global warming. So what if that makes me a naive idiot.
And yes, I hope for more people to share those goals, eventually translating them into my government's energy policies.
But but but... am I a gas guzzler party pooper? Not at all! Museum workshops work wonderfully well for steam trains, historical agricultural tools and industrial archeology. They could work very well for this kind of historical vehicle propulsion too!
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrotreated_vegetable_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrotreated_vegetable_oil