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News & Current Events Apr 24, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Countries meet in first global effort to phase out fossil fuels

Posted by Splenda

Countries meet in first global effort to phase out fossil fuels
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Countries meet in first global effort to phase out fossil fuels
Some 60 countries are meeting in Colombia as frustration grows with lack of progress in tackling climate change
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luisa65-L Apr 24, 2026 +46
First global effort'? What exactly were the last 28 COP summits then, an international book club for private jet owners?
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Splenda Apr 25, 2026 +10
Pretty much. COP 30 recently concluded without even mentioning fossil fuels. The big petrostates so undermine those conferences that the rest of the world is now gathering without us, to actually call the task at hand what it is.
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jazir55 Apr 24, 2026 +46
What in the actual f*** is that picture lmao. Looks like something out of the Game of Thrones walk of shame.
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CnsstntlyIncnsstent Apr 25, 2026 +7
Queen Amidala decoy auditions. 
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missurunha Apr 25, 2026 +6
I'm sure its the Spanish Inquisition, just didnt expect it to be here.
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You_0-o Apr 25, 2026 +1
My first thought too, lol
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AdPure5645 Apr 24, 2026 +11
It's great imo. Not enough weird artistic expression in the world these days.
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sub-a-dub-dub Apr 25, 2026 +3
Im very high so at first I thought “Why are they all in red? Did the delegates choose this? And did the delegates countries agree? Oh. No, its just a picture of protesters.”
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macross1984 Apr 24, 2026 +8
A first step taken for the world to try to wean itself away from dependence on fossile fuel though US not participating is no surprise here.
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deepfakie Apr 24, 2026 +7
First steps were taken years ago, International cooperation has diminished with the Paris agreement
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Redtex Apr 24, 2026 +5
About time. Now if only they could do coal. The American public would be on board with this, but for one man. Another thing to thank him for
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Seagoon_Memoirs Apr 25, 2026 +2
It's a start. 😊
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jphamlore Apr 24, 2026 +2
Is Brazilian sugar cane considered a fossil fuel? Or is it a biofuel?
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Desperate_Act_6765 Apr 25, 2026 +6
Sugar cane is processed into ethanol which is a biofuel.
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Cristoff13 Apr 25, 2026 -4
But sugar cane requires massive fossil fuel input to process. Our entire civilization has grown around fossil fuels and is utterly dependent on them. The alternatives are inferior sources of energy. We won't give up fossil fuels until we're forced to, and the transition will be very painful and mean giving up on economic growth as we've known it.
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Desperate_Act_6765 Apr 25, 2026 +3
I'm not an expert. But, 80 % of new light vehicles in Brazil are flex-fuel vehicles which means they can run on either gasoline or ethanol. Ethanol has a lower carbon foot print than gasoline. They use sugarcane biomass to produce energy to make ethanol. There is no silver bullet for addressing climate change. It is buckshot. There needs to be multiple solutions to wean off the the teat of big oil. A developed economy has more options than a developing economy.
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Splenda Apr 25, 2026 +2
Many of the world's economically strongest nations are growing just fine while burning less and less fossil fuel. Whether EVs in Norway and Ethiopia, solar in Spain or Australia, or all of it together in China, the world increasingly sees oil and gas as the threat that it is.
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riffic Apr 25, 2026 +1
that question answers itself doesn't it?
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Cyrus2322 Apr 25, 2026 -3
F*** that shit. Petrol cars all the way brother
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