2y ago

New North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitments

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100?! What is wrong with these people?
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??
- waves hands Infront of face*
  Magic!
- 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.
  
  That doesn't mean we should give out new licenses
- 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.
I'd like to take the time to remind everyone we only have like 47 years of known oil reserves anyway.
- If we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.
  
  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.
How about we send actual wrecking balls through the oil rigs instead?
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...

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