• AmoxtliEnglish
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    Fossil fuels are the underpinning of industrial civilization. It was fossil fuels that made the industrial revolution possible, it wasn’t solar panels, and wind turbines, or heavy, giant batteries.

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      I don’t understand what your point is here? Fossil fuels were instrumental in the industrial revolution so we have to stick by them forever, planet and people’s health benefits damned?

      Nah. Use the most appropriate tech available. Which is now renewables, electric motors, etc.

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      In my country, it was mostly large dams and hydroelectricity. But they have their own issues.

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      It was water power dude. Water and Windmills started the industrial revolution. We’ve just been finding better ways to spin electric generator motors since then.