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1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles (cleantechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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[–] dgmib 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It’s helpful to remember too that the problem isn’t using petroleum, the problem is burning it.

As long as it’s properly disposed of using petroleum based lubricant doesn’t cause climate change.

[–] astropenguin5 4 points 11 months ago

Exactly, and petroleum really is a wonder material, it has so many amazing uses besides burning it but instead we decide to do the absolute worst thing with almost all of it