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at140

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1. The problem is, so long as there is oil to pump out

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:34 AM

Dec 2018

of the ground, and coal to dig out of the ground, the cost of those fuels will
remain cheap, and that makes it difficult for renewable energy sources to compete
in the market place. One of these days oil will be gone and then coal will be gone, and
only then people will have little choice left except use renewables.

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The problem is, so long as there is oil to pump out at140 Dec 2018 #1