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red_is_ash
11/11/17 5:01:13 PM
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Apparently in China, even though they are supposedly beating the US when it comes renewable energies, oil demand is still increasing year to year. Then there is the third world countries. If renewables are so cheap as they say, why is oil still on the rise? Why haven't these giant oil companies gone bankrupt yet?
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Panthera
11/11/17 5:01:41 PM
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Because it does useful things
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EducatedGuy
11/11/17 5:03:21 PM
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Because my pickup truck doesn't run on fairy dust or lettuce.
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red_is_ash
11/11/17 5:03:33 PM
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Panthera posted...
Because it does useful things

What can oil do that renewables can't?
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JE19426
11/11/17 5:05:31 PM
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red_is_ash posted...
What can oil do that renewables can't?


Make plastic.
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EducatedGuy
11/11/17 5:06:20 PM
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red_is_ash posted...
Panthera posted...
Because it does useful things

What can oil do that renewables can't?


Protect freedom.
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Lonestar2000
11/11/17 5:06:45 PM
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Some plastics are made from petroleum.
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EducatedGuy
11/11/17 5:08:02 PM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
Some plastics are made from petroleum.


We're talking about oil here, not petroleum
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Krojen
11/11/17 5:19:52 PM
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Because lazy people own bad stocks in ETFs
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unpleasant_milk
11/11/17 5:26:43 PM
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Because it's the best way to make chips.
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