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There aren't enough alternatives to oil to make up for oil. The real solution to this problem will be a drastic cut in global consumption, by everyone. Even using the quickest and largest implementation of all alternatives: wind, water, geothermal, solar, bio-fuels, nuclear, hydrogen, synth-coal, etc, more than 70% of the planet would be without power, not to mention the fact that it would take burning a great deal of oil to get all of those started on larger scales.
Oil has been broken since people have gotten sick from it over a hundred years ago. It's just that people who don't get sick don't care if my daughter develops life threatening asthma at the age of 3. Speaking as a father who also developed severe asthma from pollution, oil companies can go fuck themselves.
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