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The tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma, are hitting bottom. The oil market is about to hit a tipping point (www.cnn.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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In multiple ways, we are seeing the end of the oil age.

Change is coming.

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[–] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There are things that can be done to curb demand without cutting travel itself, like lowering speed limits for fossil cars.

But the right wing political machine runs on the opinion that stuff like that is all left-wing, and that right-wing means unlimited cheap gasoline.

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias" and all that

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Higher gas prices should promote more conservative driving habits as well, but they don't. People don't drive the speed limits now, they won't slow down to save money, and they make automated enforcement a political liability, ensuring anyone who tries to rein them in gets the boot. Will sure be interesting if they completely run out, but just like the band continued to play while the Titanic went down, it's going to be business as usual here until reality slaps us in the face.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    EV owners were derided for driving "slowly" (within the speed limit!) to save power and not have worries about charging, so we do know that car owners will actually do stuff like that once they're actually concerned. Fossil fuels still seem to be cheap enough that people don't, though.

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