โฒ 254 โผ In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels (ember-energy.org) submitted 6 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/europe@feddit.org 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social 29 points 6 months ago (2 children) Drill less, burn less, plant more, catch some rays and wind. Being old school hippy was always the way. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Drilling is fine. Oil has thousands of uses, burning it is fucking stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) A huge majority of crude oil production goes towards fuels and we still have an enormous problem with the amount of plastic we use, we can definitely stand to drill less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) The plastic problem is temporary, bacteria has already evolved to eat it. The best use for oil is in drugs. Pain relievers, antibiotics, sanitisers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 6 months ago No, bacteria (and some other things like fungi) have evolved to eat some kinds of plastic, and we don't yet know how scalable that is or if it has significant environmental side effects. Regardless, the bigger matter here is that we burn a huge majority of extracted crude oil. If we stop doing that, we can drill far less permalink fedilink source parent [โ] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child) I don't know who told you that, in human terms the plastic problem is permanent, it's everywhere, in our foodchain, in our bodies, no bacteria aren't going to save us from it. There are also virtually unregulated chemicals in plastics that get disseminated from them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) It's just enzymes and carbon. We are carbon based lifeforms and we've only just started with genetic engineering. I bet we have something in the next 20 years Edit. Magnetic nanoparticles https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5203 permalink fedilink source parent [โ] rammer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago (2 children) Lets just skip the mind altering drugs this time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] kommmaklar@feddit.org 14 points 6 months ago Aint that a strange thing, that mind narrowing drugs are legal? permalink fedilink source parent [โ] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 12 points 6 months ago Both LSD and cannabis have seriously underutilized medical uses, and compared to alkohol which is legal and socially accepted in every European country, they aren't that bad even if you overdo it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Drilling is fine. Oil has thousands of uses, burning it is fucking stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) A huge majority of crude oil production goes towards fuels and we still have an enormous problem with the amount of plastic we use, we can definitely stand to drill less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) The plastic problem is temporary, bacteria has already evolved to eat it. The best use for oil is in drugs. Pain relievers, antibiotics, sanitisers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 6 months ago No, bacteria (and some other things like fungi) have evolved to eat some kinds of plastic, and we don't yet know how scalable that is or if it has significant environmental side effects. Regardless, the bigger matter here is that we burn a huge majority of extracted crude oil. If we stop doing that, we can drill far less permalink fedilink source parent [โ] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child) I don't know who told you that, in human terms the plastic problem is permanent, it's everywhere, in our foodchain, in our bodies, no bacteria aren't going to save us from it. There are also virtually unregulated chemicals in plastics that get disseminated from them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) It's just enzymes and carbon. We are carbon based lifeforms and we've only just started with genetic engineering. I bet we have something in the next 20 years Edit. Magnetic nanoparticles https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5203 permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) A huge majority of crude oil production goes towards fuels and we still have an enormous problem with the amount of plastic we use, we can definitely stand to drill less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) The plastic problem is temporary, bacteria has already evolved to eat it. The best use for oil is in drugs. Pain relievers, antibiotics, sanitisers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 6 months ago No, bacteria (and some other things like fungi) have evolved to eat some kinds of plastic, and we don't yet know how scalable that is or if it has significant environmental side effects. Regardless, the bigger matter here is that we burn a huge majority of extracted crude oil. If we stop doing that, we can drill far less permalink fedilink source parent [โ] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child) I don't know who told you that, in human terms the plastic problem is permanent, it's everywhere, in our foodchain, in our bodies, no bacteria aren't going to save us from it. There are also virtually unregulated chemicals in plastics that get disseminated from them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) It's just enzymes and carbon. We are carbon based lifeforms and we've only just started with genetic engineering. I bet we have something in the next 20 years Edit. Magnetic nanoparticles https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5203 permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) The plastic problem is temporary, bacteria has already evolved to eat it. The best use for oil is in drugs. Pain relievers, antibiotics, sanitisers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 6 months ago No, bacteria (and some other things like fungi) have evolved to eat some kinds of plastic, and we don't yet know how scalable that is or if it has significant environmental side effects. Regardless, the bigger matter here is that we burn a huge majority of extracted crude oil. If we stop doing that, we can drill far less permalink fedilink source parent [โ] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child) I don't know who told you that, in human terms the plastic problem is permanent, it's everywhere, in our foodchain, in our bodies, no bacteria aren't going to save us from it. There are also virtually unregulated chemicals in plastics that get disseminated from them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) It's just enzymes and carbon. We are carbon based lifeforms and we've only just started with genetic engineering. I bet we have something in the next 20 years Edit. Magnetic nanoparticles https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5203 permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 6 months ago No, bacteria (and some other things like fungi) have evolved to eat some kinds of plastic, and we don't yet know how scalable that is or if it has significant environmental side effects. Regardless, the bigger matter here is that we burn a huge majority of extracted crude oil. If we stop doing that, we can drill far less permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child) I don't know who told you that, in human terms the plastic problem is permanent, it's everywhere, in our foodchain, in our bodies, no bacteria aren't going to save us from it. There are also virtually unregulated chemicals in plastics that get disseminated from them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) It's just enzymes and carbon. We are carbon based lifeforms and we've only just started with genetic engineering. I bet we have something in the next 20 years Edit. Magnetic nanoparticles https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5203 permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] deHaga@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) It's just enzymes and carbon. We are carbon based lifeforms and we've only just started with genetic engineering. I bet we have something in the next 20 years Edit. Magnetic nanoparticles https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/11/5203 permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] rammer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago (2 children) Lets just skip the mind altering drugs this time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] kommmaklar@feddit.org 14 points 6 months ago Aint that a strange thing, that mind narrowing drugs are legal? permalink fedilink source parent [โ] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 12 points 6 months ago Both LSD and cannabis have seriously underutilized medical uses, and compared to alkohol which is legal and socially accepted in every European country, they aren't that bad even if you overdo it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] kommmaklar@feddit.org 14 points 6 months ago Aint that a strange thing, that mind narrowing drugs are legal? permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 12 points 6 months ago Both LSD and cannabis have seriously underutilized medical uses, and compared to alkohol which is legal and socially accepted in every European country, they aren't that bad even if you overdo it. permalink fedilink source parent