@Patriot96 No it wasn't. I live in the Mediterranean area and even just 15 years ago the heat waves peaked at 35°C max, not 50°C.
Only clown ass conservatives in the pocket of the oil industry refuse to acknowledge climate change. The same fools who were immolating themselves in droves to prove that COVID was no big deal and the vaccine unnecessary.
@Patriot96 Begin replacing it with nuclear and renewables? What humanity has done since the dawn of times for any and every technology that got phased out?
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@Patriot96 From oil we obtain plastics. Are we contemplating being without them too?
@SW-User There's non-oil alternative materials too. Look at Henry Ford's hemp car.
It doesn't have to be an either 100% or 0% anyway, a large amount of plastic can be replaced by alternative products (especially single-use, like containers, wraps, etc.) just like a large amount of oil energy generation could be replaced with different technologies. At the same time, there's applications where oil/fossil can't be replaced immediately, but even if oil was still used only for those we'd be in a much better position right now.
@SW-User As I said, where there isn't a replacement it'll continue to exist. But even just replacing all the applications where it could be replaced (notably: production of electricity, single use plastics, as fuel) would've put us on a much better track than the status quo already
They're literally working for the oil industry without getting paid. The industry loves them while laughing at them. They're the kind of propaganda machine big business always dreamed about.
