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In reply to the discussion: Is Industrial Society on the Verge of Collapse? [View all]hunter
(38,471 posts)40. People know coal is bad.
That doesn't make natural gas any less dangerous.
If all the oil production in the world literally came to a halt in the next decade, no more oil in the tap, we'd simply switch to fuels made from coal and natural gas, and those fuels wouldn't be significantly more expensive than fuels made from oil.
Ordinary gasoline is, even today, a largely synthetic product, not a natural distillate of petroleum.
The only solution to this problem is to ban fossil fuels entirely. That's inevitable.
Or we can wait until our civilization becomes so decrepit from global warming that large scale fossil fuel production and global distribution is no longer possible because the tools are no longer available.
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Heavy crude oils, which are essentially gooey tar, are cracked and hydrogenated to make gasoline...
hunter
Aug 2023
#52
Yes, we're on the verge of collapse & no, our elites won't perform any better than past elites.
CrispyQ
Aug 2023
#4
Derp. Simp for the patriarchy elsewhere. "Fall" is a Eurocentric narrative. Period.
HardPort
Aug 2023
#60