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US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate (apnews.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

what about oil

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

    On a practical level, that will probably not happen for a long time. My understanding is that most high performance lubrication is petroleum-based, even if only in part. We'd have to find alternative sources for those lubricants before we could completely drop oil.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We have natural oils and we are good enough in organic chemistry to turn that into what we need. The amounts needed are so small that it basically does not matter.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not being pedantic, but do you have examples of natural oils that we could use as viable replacements? I would seriously love to learn about them.

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