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Barbarossa_25 t1_jeel512 wrote

Reply to comment by 7adzius in US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling by capcaunul

Gasoline perhaps but we need hydrocarbons for so many products most don't realize.

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7adzius t1_jeennqr wrote

Not gonna be a demand for any products if the planet is on fire

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Barbarossa_25 t1_jeewe5p wrote

Ok but the point is even when we stop burning fossil fuels, we will still need to drill for oil for the thousands of day to day products we use today. Drilling for oil and burning it are two separate processes with different downstream impacts.

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