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Environment & Energy

Hugh_Lebowski

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6. I just read what you wrote and responded literally :)

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #4)

Thu May 27, 2021, 09:55 PM

May 2021

I do, however, have serious doubts about the possibility of drastically curtailing use of fossil fuels without a corresponding drastic reduction in both worldwide birth rate (at minimum) and at least a decent-sized economic contraction.

Endless economic growth is not possible without the relatively 'free' (high EROEI) energy of fossil fuels. Not without some tech miracle.

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Oh, Yay. New Russian Arctic Oil Port Will Ship 25 Million Tons in 2024, 100 Million Tons By 2030 [View all] hatrack May 2021 OP

If we drastically cut our oil usage, most of our problems will go away. Scrivener7 May 2021 #1

Yeah, because billions of people would die if we did that and economic growth would go negative Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #3

How do you figure? I am suggesting, of course, that we ramp up our use of other energy Scrivener7 May 2021 #4

I just read what you wrote and responded literally :) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #6

The actual extraction of the oil may be relatively environmentally friendly Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #2

Yeah, the Russians are famous for their fastidious care for the land on which they drill . . . hatrack May 2021 #5

I wasn't saying I'd bet on it or anything Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #7

Well, yeah . . . . hatrack May 2021 #8