• pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    PM announces 100 new licences, claiming UK fossil fuel projects key to meeting net zero aim

    Ah yes, how would they achieve net zero without fossil fuels??

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      1 year ago

      As the other guy said: we can’t. We still need oil to set up the infrastructure needed for a net-zero future, which means we’re still forced to use oil for a while longer.

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              1 year ago

              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.

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      1 year ago

      How do you make steel for wind turbines without fossil fuels? How do you build a nuclear power station without fossil fuels? How do you replace all the petrol and diesel cars in the country with electric ones, without using fossil fuels? Where is all the electricity going to come from? It’s complicated.

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    I’m ok with this with the provision that these licences are ONLY issued to a UK nationalised energy company specifically set up to fund the green transition.

    Since this is the conservative party, the chance of that is nill.

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      1 year ago

      If we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.

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        1 year ago

        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.

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    1 year ago

    Considering that a LOT of gas in the UK came here by boat from the middle east, then, yes, this is actually a good thing.

    Don’t get me wrong, we need to get to NetZero, but the plastic parts on your electric car are made from oil…