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You will quickly discover why we depend so much on oil because life before oil suuuuuuucked.

• flagrant_taco 3y ago
  Isn't the common argument these days that life with oil is ruining the planet and will fundamentally break it as early as 2030? Life would be very, very different without oil but if we honestly think our use of oil is breaking the planet I don't know what the choice really is. We'd be picking between breaking the planet on the time scale of decades or having to go back to life as it was lived up until the last few centuries. As terrible as that transition would be, the two paths seem like an obvious choice.
  • HyperSane 3y ago
    "life with oil is ruining the planet" It isn't ruining the planet, just altering weather, for good or bad. "fundamentally break it as early as 2030?" Who is saying this? ALL of modern civilization is only possible due to cheap energy from oil. We couldn't make solar panels or wind turbines with only power from solar panels and wind turbines.