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Originally Posted by opendoor
When people say we eventually need to stop using fossil fuels, they mean we need to stop burning them for energy. No one's saying we need to never use plastic or oil-derived hard goods again. Fossil fuel combustion accounts for the vast, vast majority of emissions. We could easily use oil for a million different things with little impact on climate change if we can get our energy sources to be low emission.
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The problem is that governments and leaders (atleast the ones in the West) are looking to actively block or defund the exploration for new sources of oil and gas, which is going to affect all the uses, not just the ones you like or dislike. What do you think happens when resources become scarce or non-existent? Do you think that affects pricing? Not having any foresight for the future is partly why we are in a commodity supply crisis today.