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Oil prices keep sliding... (Original Post) pbmus Dec 2018 OP
So we need to destroy the Artic Wildlife Refuge, clean drinking water, and sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #1
Riiiight - OhZone Dec 2018 #2
This is not good for Houston Gothmog Dec 2018 #3
Oil is a tricky business. trev Dec 2018 #4
Plant hemp. You can use that hydrocarbon instead. Also, Volaris Dec 2018 #6
Was going to post the same thing. Plant hemp. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2018 #7
Hm trev Dec 2018 #9
It's more useful than corn lol. Volaris Dec 2018 #10
Ironic, that the GOP's policies hurt Putin, who can't balance lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #5
Hemp Hydrogen economy. safeinOhio Dec 2018 #8
World economic chaos is coming. roamer65 Dec 2018 #11

sinkingfeeling

(51,487 posts)
1. So we need to destroy the Artic Wildlife Refuge, clean drinking water, and
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:32 PM
Dec 2018

our coastlines to drill more.

trev

(1,480 posts)
4. Oil is a tricky business.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:54 PM
Dec 2018

In the next 20 years, there will be no more internal combustion engines.

But oil is more than just automobiles. It is plastic, and clothing, and paint, and...

So many other things.

Our current civilization is based on oil.

How are we going to replace this fossil fuel?

Volaris

(10,278 posts)
6. Plant hemp. You can use that hydrocarbon instead. Also,
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 08:04 PM
Dec 2018

Recycling, AND, if there's a way to do it, atmospheric carbon capture seems like it would yield enough carbon to to do whatever the fuck we would need, and then you're killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

trev

(1,480 posts)
9. Hm
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 08:53 PM
Dec 2018

I hadn't thought of that. I've never really explored hemp as an energy resource--just as a health benefit.

I like the idea. Thanks.

Volaris

(10,278 posts)
10. It's more useful than corn lol.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:01 PM
Dec 2018

And like I said, atmospheric carbon capture.

'oh, yeah, it cost us a billion dollars to build the carbon-capture tower thingie, but since we turned that into 10 billion dollars worth of carbon-fiber body panels for Tesla cars, we think we're going to be ok next quarter.'

Just saying.

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