• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Then get an EV. Or drive less, or just pay the premium for biofuels, if you absolutely MUST have an internal combustion engine.

    We have to stop using fossil fuels. We just have to. And it’s not just about the climate, although that should be reason enough. Fossil fuels are non-renewable. Once fossil fuel reserves are depleted, they cannot be replenished on human timescales. And I know, I know, people will swear up and down that we’re not in danger of fossil fuel reserves becoming depleted anytime soon, but it’s inevitable, even if it isn’t imminent.

    Plus, we’ve already depleted most of the reserves that were relatively cheap and easy to extract, so what’s left is only going to get more difficult and more expensive to get out of the ground. Oil extraction would have peaked a long time ago if we didn’t start using more expensive extraction methods like hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which comes with its own ecological issues.