Surely this will be a lesson to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and finally remove them while simultaneously tackling climate change.
Surely...
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ilulillirillionMar 30, 2026
+5
Honestly we'll be pretty well forced to. I don't see any way around it outside of a miracle.
Unfortunately, being forced into alternative energies is at a global scale is not something we have really experienced before and will be a nightmare for everyone for a long time.
Change can bring good things but this is not the way you'd want this change to happen. We've gone from having long timelines that we are shitty to sticking to to simply "right now".
It will impact far more than energy as well... Oil is used in the production of almost everything, and is used in large quantities in the production of most renewables as well, including solar panels and windmills.
Essentially we're the benzo addict who ran out of money. Sure, we will get sober this way, but the withdrawals will be horrific, damaging, and, in some cases, outright deadly.
And even that analogy fails of course, since we aren't going anywhere near sobriety -- our economies will rely on oil primarily for *decades* to come if not longer, we are only really talking about no longer having access to it in the same amounts, not getting off of it.
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IntelArtiGenMar 30, 2026
+2
> we'll be pretty well forced to.
Yeah I don't have these hopes for the next decades. While the natural gas is out they'll relaunch coal and when everything is back to normal they'll [re-increase the demand of oil/gas](https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/refined-products/111225-iea-sees-global-oil-demand-rising-until-2050-under-current-policies).
Of course what you say is probably going to happen in the end, but I think this war is just a temporary event for fossil fuels, the same the war in Ukraine was. For few months / years there are issues, then we "adapt" by producing more in other places. As you say we're addicts, and fossil fuels are too important. Trump even reduced sanctions on Russia and I'm sure if things get worse even europeans could do the same.
It's still absolutely not too late to solve the issue for many countries but they never care enough until it's too late. Then they susidize fossil fuels, give em billions and billions, and years after they come and say "sorry, we don't have enough money to pay to remove fossil fuels". It's ridiculous. They could use all these billions to anticipate, but why would they do that when everything is going fine?
At least few countries have (or had) good plans. But it's still far from being enough to remove all fossil fuels.
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welshwelshMar 31, 2026
+1
Best thing we can do is stop making people commute to an office if they can work remotely.
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fra988wMar 31, 2026
+1
This is a lesson in never trusting a US administration again
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CupEcstatic2721Mar 30, 2026
+7
Kazakhstan, Russia, Norway, and other oil-rich countries are probably exceptions to this list
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ErikChnmmrMar 30, 2026
+5
Not Russia. They’ve lost 40 percent of their oil production. AND are still in a war.
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hittheroadjonMar 30, 2026
+8
Trump and Netanyahu f****** us all
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badpeoriaMar 30, 2026
+2
Yupp F*** DONALD TRUMP
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CupEcstatic2721Mar 30, 2026
+2
I’m sure it’s totally unintentional /s
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sask357Mar 30, 2026
+5
What shocks me (intended) is that only a minority of Americans are opposed to this. This is reflected in Congress which has done nothing to rein in the US government's war against Iran and imperialism against Canada, Greenland and Cuba. Opinion polls show lots of support in the US for the American government.
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GeshtiannaSGMar 31, 2026
+1
It’s the classic trap, “if you’re not with us then you’re with the enemy”. Do you support Iran? No? Then you must support our troops.
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jamie9910Mar 30, 2026
+1
I guess it it "your war" after all?
Thank you for your attention to this matter -DJT
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