WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS:
CANNOT MAKE STEEL
CANNOT MAKE GLASS
CANNOT MAKE THE PACKAGING WE DEPEND ON—EVEN MILK CONTAINERS
CANNOT MAKE PAINT
CANNOT MAKE RUBBER
CANNOT MAKE A NAILS, etc.
CANNOT MAKE SYRINGES for medical usage.
CANNOT MAKE EYEGLASSES-—FRAMES OR LENS
CANNOT make insulation for appliances or homes
THE LIST IS ENDLESS.
Including medicine.
“WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS:
CANNOT MAKE STEEL
CANNOT MAKE GLASS
CANNOT MAKE THE PACKAGING WE DEPEND ON—EVEN MILK CONTAINERS
CANNOT MAKE PAINT
CANNOT MAKE RUBBER
CANNOT MAKE A NAILS, etc.
CANNOT MAKE SYRINGES for medical usage.
CANNOT MAKE EYEGLASSES-—FRAMES OR LENS
CANNOT make insulation for appliances or homes”
You just made the point of most competent geoscientists hydrocarbons are too valuable to burn once to the sky. They should.be reserved exclusively for durable goods most of which can be recycled and reused. Mine once use many is what geologists say.
Every barrel that is burnt to the sky is one less for all the above things. There is a limited amount total every basin has been mapped with 3D seismic and the global.total.recoverable resources by any technical means at any price is well.characterized in 2024. I have spend 20+ years on 6 continents as a petroleum geologist, geochemistry expert and hydro geologist plus engineering. The industry knows where the oil is and how much is left at any price. 47 years at 2021 consumption levels one third that when not if China and India 500 million strong middle classes EACH start burning everything they also can get their hands on. Humans need to move as rapidly as possible from burning liquid hydrocarbons to only using them for petrochemicals, plastics, fertilizers, lubricants , adhesives, ect.