thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoNew North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitmentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11cross-posted to: environment@chat.maiion.comcollapse@chat.maiion.com
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkNew North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitmentswww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: environment@chat.maiion.comcollapse@chat.maiion.com
minus-squaredoppelgangmember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’d like to take the time to remind everyone we only have like 47 years of known oil reserves anyway.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIf we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOil 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-up1·1 year agoIt is already an expensive fuel compared to renewables.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAnd 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.