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

doppelgangmember@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If we keep on at this rate, no one will want to live in the future of 47 years.

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  • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    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.

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    • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It is already an expensive fuel compared to renewables.

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      • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        And it’ll only get more expensive. Eventually, not using renewables will be too expensive to ignore.

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