Oil is required in the manufacturing process of pretty much everything you touch.
I am not denying that, it's just the coldest part of the year in Europe has passed
I understand. It just amazes me how many people don't understand how important oil really is and only equate it with fuel and heating.
I make that mistake often lol. BTW does Europe manufacture anything nowadays, Germany I guess.
That it is used does not mean it is required. Plastics can be manufactured directly from plants.
How about the machine that makes the plant plastic? You can't just will a plant to become plastic. You need oil in the operation of that machine. Just because the final product doesn't require oil doesn't mean you don't need oil to make it. But we're getting into the weeds. My entire point is most folks have no idea just how much of their daily lives absolutely depends on oil in some fashion.
My entire point is most folks have no idea just how much of their daily lives absolutely depends on oil in some fashion
And my point is you greatly over estimate how reliant we are on oil. Probably because you ate up a bunch of big oil sponsored propaganda. Try not to get defensive over that comment and actually think about it. WHY do you think everything requires oil when the world ran fine for thousands of years without it? Machines existed before oil was used. Lubricants can be made without oil. Plastics can be made without oil.
The claim that we need to use oil because that is what we use is propaganda.
Even trucks and tractors can run on alternative fuels like natural gas.
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