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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
What? Yes, that is the entire impetus of "phasing out fossil fuels".
What does phasing something out mean to you? to me it means not use it.
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What does "fuel" mean to you? Here's the Wikipedia definition of fossil fuels:
A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the earth's crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted and burned as a fuel.
People are talking about phasing it out as a fuel source wherever possible. Like, if someone said "we need to phase out biofuels (for whatever reason)", would you take that to mean that we should stop producing and eating corn?
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Not, "don't use it but for *exceptions we don't talk about and people are assumed to know this*".
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You realize that the entire issue is carbon emissions and burning oil & gas as fuel, right? Why would you take that to mean that all oil byproducts and petrochemicals need to be phased out? Things that don't generate many emissions (durable goods made from plastic, lubricants, etc.) aren't an issue in terms of carbon emissions. That's why the entire conversation revolves around energy, because that's where oil and gas are used as fuels.