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Originally Posted by Shazam
Erm, fossil fuels are energy. Stored in a nice little package.
The alternative is massive starvation, the collapse of every first world economy, and self-sufficient living. And no NHL.
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I know that. I mean alternatives for energy. And no, starving is not the only other alternative. I mean, I guess if you turned off the fossil fuel switch tomorrow, yes, sure I get that. But that's idiotic, it would never happen, and no one is arguing for that! Why does it have to be so black and white for posters like you? We're talking about building our way to other solutions over periods of time. Like I said, I'm sure we'll be using significant amounts of fossil fuels for 50-100 years yet. And I was saying that the current oil companies are probably the best positioned to do this, so if they eventually do go bankrupt, they don't really have anyone to blame. At least they can say it was a good run.
The fact that we will be using significant amounts of fossil fuels for a while yet is why I first responded to the post saying good cars would be bad for Canadian oil companies. There will still be lots of demand in the near to moderate future and better emissions standards probably aren't going to add up to much when it comes to the bottom line.