| David - 2/12/2024 11:38
So if they aren’t green, require extensive energy to mine, cause toxic waste sites, why are we choosing them over oil?
There is a phenomenon within the regulation industry that they are always reactive. Over the last 100 years, the "awareness" of oil has become greater and so too has the call for regulation. Those regulations slowly strangle the industry. Eventually the regulatory body puts such a cost on regulation that industry as a whole has to move on to the next industry for their source of whatever they need.
This can be said of every industry in history and the importance and replace-ability of the industry plays a part. Ag is seeing this now as we are fighting off lab grown meats at the same time that we are dealing with Prop 2 in California. Similarly the organic/greenhouse push allows places like the EU to work towards banning/lowering fertilizer rate usages. In all honesty, there is a correlation between the rise of mechanicalization and the banning of slavery. The Sears catalog was discontinued and Amazon was founded within 18 months. To quote Jurassic Park, "Life finds a way." |
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