>50% of the nitrogen in your body is from the Haber-Bosch process, which converts natural gas into food. >No country has reached high wealth without massive energy consumption. >Every country over $10,000 per capita GDP is also burning oil like there's no tomorrow. >China’s GDP and its electricity consumption are through the roof—both fueled by coal, oil, and gas. >Wealthy countries like Norway and the US are high on the graph for a reason—they burn fossil fuels for energy to sustain their way of life. >India is still building wealth and burning through natural gas and coal to do it. >The line between poverty and prosperity is fueled by fossil energy. >"Low carbon" dreams don't build industries, cities, or modern economies. >Green countries on the graph? Not exactly oil-free, just less dependent. >Renewable energy is a luxury for nations that have already powered up their economies with fossil fuels. No oil, no wealth.
I am completely aware that things will get worse ecologically and climate-wise, incrementally but is everyone just going to expect third-world countries, that have seen how much consumption the First-World enjoys, to accept a lower quality of life per capita?
Nuclear Reactors (which I really wish were more widely used) and Renewables don't grow out of thin air. The material needs to be mined, which needs more oil. Batteries need metals which need to be mined from the seabed.
If you are a corporate worker, ultimately your entire job's efficiency revolves around the ability of some magic force turning a circle. And to date, oil has been the most reliable one to do that.
When did everyone become so energy blind?>>16432357 Because you're ignoring the consequences in your post. I can make anything sound good if I post the positives only and ignore the negatives.>>16432357 You got your causality mixed up, people use energy because they are rich, they aren't rich because they use energy which should be fairly obvious from the fact that nearly every oil producing country is incredibly energy rich yet a shithole. The point is largely moot anyways, you are just looking at history, saying car can't work because previously horse was the fastest way of moving around, in many places energy is already fossil fuel free or light. Chinese will build solar in Somalia when they finish powering their own country as well.>>16432357 99% of electricity in norway is made with renewables. iceland is more like 99.8%>>16432357 Yes all alternatives are hopium and a farce that exists to comfort people psychologically, it instills the belief that "oh we know what we're doing and we'll figure this out, one day!" This allows the status quo to be maintained. Obviously they have some practicality, but oil is king.>>16432403 >from the fact that nearly every oil producing country is incredibly energy rich yet a shithole. Because they export that oil. Obviously the point is using the energy, not extracting the oil. Oil is useless unless you actually use it. This is obvious for anyone with an IQ over 20
