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-squarepizzaiolo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThat doesn’t mean we should give out new licenses
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoDepends. Will this save on all the oil wasted to ship new oil into the UK?
minus-squarepizzaiolo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe point is to replace it in any case
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWell we’re not quite where we can replace it, and won’t be for a while. Keep in mind that oil isn’t just burnt for transportation, we use it to make plastics too. And steel. And a ton of other shit.
That doesn’t mean we should give out new licenses
Depends. Will this save on all the oil wasted to ship new oil into the UK?
The point is to replace it in any case
Well we’re not quite where we can replace it, and won’t be for a while. Keep in mind that oil isn’t just burnt for transportation, we use it to make plastics too. And steel. And a ton of other shit.