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[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

this right here is the only reason I'm still skeptical of pretty much everything

promoters of green and nuclear energy can't get their damn act together and create proper articles that aren't half-assed crap with no sources. They just claim shit from thin air.

Bitch, I WANT to believe you! Give me something to bloody believe that we really have no reason to use fossil fuels anymore.

I still ~~kinda~~ believe it. But CONVINCE ME ALREADY...

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It's funny you assume they have to convince you.

We know already about climate change, we know already about geopolitics and sovereignty issues, we know fossil fuels are a finite resource, which means they'll inevitably get more expensive over time as we run through the most accessible deposit and go to ones that are harder and harder to harvest.

But you think they should convince you to use renewable, and not the other way around: why would you want to stick to fossil fuels? Name your argument and back it with solid sources, please!

[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't have one and I'm in favor of every renewable + nuclear

I think using fossil fuels increases dependence on other countries like the ~~south~~ middle east, which both causes instability in those regions, and makes us vulnerable to them.

Though you are right about how fossil fuels will become more expensive eventually, we've been finding more coal and oil deposits than we have been depleting... At least according to like an hour of research I did a while ago. It's close, but I don't think we will be running out soon.

Though the ozone layer is healing specifically because we cut back on that shit.

My point was - why fucking make shit up and lie in favor of renewables and nuclear? Why not quote proper sources? There's plenty of positives to renewables but man, some of these writers are incompetent.

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