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> At planet scale nothing will ever get better than: dig hole, pump oil, burn oil Until the alternatives are cheaper. I would recommend you to read: Not the En
by landgenoot 3y ago
> At planet scale nothing will ever get better than: dig hole, pump oil, burn oil
Until the alternatives are cheaper. I would recommend you to read: Not the End of the World, Hannah Ritchie
- lm28469 3y ago> Until the alternatives are cheaper. To get cheaper they'd have to exist in the first place
- hef19898 3y agoThey do and they are? As far as electricity is concerned, that is.
- lm28469 3y agoI think you underestimate how widespread petroleum derivates are outside of energy. Construction materials, roads, tires, plastics, cosmetics, cleaning products, paints, inks, dyes, adhesives, sealants, lubricants, clothes, waterproof fabrics, batteries, fertilisers, medicine, tooth paste, shampoos, &c. It's _the_ building block of modern life, unless you're in nature you can bet everything you lay your eyes on is at least partially made of petroleum or its derivates
- hef19898 3y agoI explicitly mentioned electricity, didn't I? And getting rid of burning fossil fuels is a win I'll take every day of the week. Don't let the perfect be the enmy of the good and all that.
- AstralStorm 3y agoEh. We can usually use modern chemistry to instead start from natural oils or fatty acids instead of dinosaur juice for most of it. If we cannot outright replace the problematic substance. Some energy input may be required. ( But likely on par with current diesel/gas processing.)
- landgenoot 3y agoI think you overestimate it. where do global greenhouse gas emissions come from? - Energy (electricity, heat and transport): 73.2% - Chemicals & petrochemicals: 2.2% https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector