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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
It is not a strawman at all. There are about 3 million things fossil fuels are used for and that is exactly the point you seem unable (actually, unwilling) to grasp here. You have no clue the literal millions of products and uses fossil fuels are involved with, and that's not meant to be an insult it's just true and is the problem- same for millions of other people. The adage "careful what you wish for" couldn't ever be more glaring than this precise example. Abandoning fossil fuels in 30 years will be a literal nightmare, for, as you put it, billions of people around the world.
It's also not anymore of a strawman than arm wavey "people are working on it" declarations. Who? Where? What do you mean? You think people are working on transporting food to sub-saharan Africa because fossil fuels are going to be zero in 30 years??? Really?????
We can go back to wooden boats I guess? Then we'd be cutting down trees though... also food will take about 50x longer to get there.. also... also... also... also...
you are massively underestimating fossil fuel's role in human development to this point. What's a word grander than massively? You're doing that adjective underestimating. I actually think you're purposefully trying to not think about it, because it is scary.
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The fossil fuels are going to be zero part of this aside - things are being worked on. Cargo ships had to have a big reduction in sulfur in their fuel a few years back to reduce emissions.
https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/H...phur-2020.aspx
More money is being spent on investments in solar and wind power in 2022 than in oil and gas extraction according to this research company -
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/clean-e...ransition-2022