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Leeman4Gilmour · 05-23-2019, 10:37 AM

We sell them coal. Their energy needs aren't going away. Just like ours aren't. Selling them oil/natural gas is better than coal. No matter the volume of outcry, it's going to be quite a few decades before we sufficiently replace fossil fuel derived energy with others (solar/wind/nuclear/etc). Baby steps is better than no steps.

I should add, at this point, if the world flat-lined on oil consumption today, that would be a huge accomplishment. If we reduced oil consumption by 20% today, that would be an amazing accomplishment. But, we'd still be burning around 80,000,000 barrels a day.

05-23-2019, 10:37 AM	#417
Leeman4Gilmour First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Normally, my desk Exp:	We sell them coal. Their energy needs aren't going away. Just like ours aren't. Selling them oil/natural gas is better than coal. No matter the volume of outcry, it's going to be quite a few decades before we sufficiently replace fossil fuel derived energy with others (solar/wind/nuclear/etc). Baby steps is better than no steps. I should add, at this point, if the world flat-lined on oil consumption today, that would be a huge accomplishment. If we reduced oil consumption by 20% today, that would be an amazing accomplishment. But, we'd still be burning around 80,000,000 barrels a day. Last edited by Leeman4Gilmour; 05-23-2019 at 10:41 AM.