thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agoNew North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitmentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkNew North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitmentswww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaredoppelgangmember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI’d like to take the time to remind everyone we only have like 47 years of known oil reserves anyway.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIf we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOil will become prohibitively expensive at least a decade before reserves start running dry, so we’ll be driven to net zero before that anyway.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt is already an expensive fuel compared to renewables.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAnd it’ll only get more expensive. Eventually, not using renewables will be too expensive to ignore.
I’d like to take the time to remind everyone we only have like 47 years of known oil reserves anyway.
If we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.
Oil will become prohibitively expensive at least a decade before reserves start running dry, so we’ll be driven to net zero before that anyway.
It is already an expensive fuel compared to renewables.
And it’ll only get more expensive. Eventually, not using renewables will be too expensive to ignore.