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Originally Posted by crockett
Oil is not coal for starters.. Also much of what you said, is only because most of the machines are still burning fossil fuels. Y
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Now I know why people always believe Chicken Little.
1. Synthetic oil is made using chemically modified petroleum components. However coal can also converted into synthetic oil (and other products) via a process called coal liquefaction.
2. There are
NO SUBSTITUTES for petrochemicals and petrochemicals come from OIL, COAL, and NATURAL GAS.
Unfortunately our entire civilization is built upon hydrocarbons and petrochemicals. You can't build anything electronic without (a.) hydrocarbons and (b.) petrochemicals. ie: no computer chips, no mother boards, no plastics, etc.
The only way to get away from hydrocarbons is to use slaves and animals.
The only way to avoid petrochemicals is to reinvent technology using only wood, steel, stone, etc. It would have to be an analog driven world again.
You also kiss goodbye to a lot of modern medicines because they're highly dependent upon the chemical industries. So it'll be back to herbalist for many things.
So you see there is no transitioning unless someone can catch moon beams in a jar.