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I don't really see the point of remembering this. More salient perhaps is the behaviour of the oil companies: their cover ups of climate science and pollution,
by hkt 3y ago
I don't really see the point of remembering this. More salient perhaps is the behaviour of the oil companies: their cover ups of climate science and pollution, their lobbying, their massive, massive subsidies and their (frankly cruel) profiteering.
It'll be good that they're gone, when they're gone, and may we never have to rely on such morally unsound people or technology ever again.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoWell, it's important because if we want to transition, we need a strategy and we need people to understand it. If you can't understand energy density, you may be under the impression we can go 100% renewable right now. But we can't sustain our current life-style with them today. Also if you think oil companies are going to disappear after we migrated, you are going to be disappointed if you don't understand the role they play in systems.
- hkt 3y ago> But we can't sustain our current life-style with them today. Yes, indeed. We need to very substantially decrease our per-capita energy usage. It is going to be hard for some people.