that's only in use because it's cheap.
it's cheap because we use oil on such a massive scale. there are alternatives, and if we don't need oil then plastics and asphalt would become far more expensive.
byproducts are only cheap when they are byproducts
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CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 65d
Imagine still investing in fossiles...
EatingOnions@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d
People will always need oil even if we use 100% renewable energy, for stuff like plastic, asphalt and gazillion other things made out of crude
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 65d
that's only in use because it's cheap. it's cheap because we use oil on such a massive scale. there are alternatives, and if we don't need oil then plastics and asphalt would become far more expensive.
byproducts are only cheap when they are byproducts
dudesss@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 65d
Right. If you don't have a bike or ebike, wtf are you doing?