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You do realize that petroleum is not just for fuel but plays a major part in every part of our lives?
E.g. fertilizers. This kind of zero-order thinking without thinking of higher-order effects is what lead to this:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/15/23218969/sri-la...
Real life is not Captain Planet (the cartoon) where everything is as binary as you point out.
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You do realize that petroleum is not just for fuel but plays a major part in every part of our lives?
E.g. fertilizers. This kind of zero-order thinking without thinking of higher-order effects is what lead to this:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/15/23218969/sri-la...
Real life is not Captain Planet (the cartoon) where everything is as binary as you point out.