Barbarossa_25 t1_jeewe5p wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:46 PM Reply to comment by 7adzius in US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling by capcaunul 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. Permalink Parent 1
Barbarossa_25 t1_jeel512 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:27 PM 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. Permalink Parent 7
Barbarossa_25 t1_jeewe5p wrote
Reply to comment by 7adzius in US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling by capcaunul
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.