thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 年前New North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitmentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up147cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up147external-linkNew North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitmentswww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 年前message-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squaredoppelgangmember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前I’d like to take the time to remind everyone we only have like 47 years of known oil reserves anyway.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 年前If we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前Oil will become prohibitively expensive at least a decade before reserves start running dry, so we’ll be driven to net zero before that anyway.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前It is already an expensive fuel compared to renewables.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前And it’ll only get more expensive. Eventually, not using renewables will be too expensive to ignore.
I’d like to take the time to remind everyone we only have like 47 years of known oil reserves anyway.
If we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.
Oil will become prohibitively expensive at least a decade before reserves start running dry, so we’ll be driven to net zero before that anyway.
It is already an expensive fuel compared to renewables.
And it’ll only get more expensive. Eventually, not using renewables will be too expensive to ignore.