/fit/ - Fitness, Health, and Feels

>>84917

I don't quite think humans have enzymes that can digest the compounds in crude oil

>dropping oil prices

This is not a good thing is it?

>>84951

Speak for yourself

>>84949

I'm pretty sure Americans can, why else would they be so obsessed with the oil prices?

>>84954

I cannot into economics, but isn't there a problem on a larger scale if prices were to drop without prompting? I mean, it's not like the supply of oil had suddenly risen. Wasn't the most recent drop an artificial one due to some sort of impedance of another market? I may be talking out my ass here.

>>84954

Consuming without thinking of the consequences is what fucks us over in the long run. The earth didn't suddenly get more oil.

Hate me for it, but I think there should be a hard cap on how lower oil prices can go until other energy sources come along far enough

>>85036

We've had ways to synthesize replacements for ages. Shit, the Nazi's did it during WWII. Its basic inorganic chemistry. The thing is its still cheaper to drill for oil than to refine coal or biomass into petroleum substitutes.

>>85069

Is there really anything that could even replace "fossil fuels" at the present time? You always hear people bitch about solar being the future. I've seen a documentary on how global influences prevent Africa from using their coal reserves in the name of conservation. They showed how a small hospital was given a solar panel, but it could only either power the lights or the fridge where they keep blood samples and other volatile items. I remember a /pol/ thread where it was said the United States could be energy independent if the hydro electrical infrastructure were to be fixed.

>>85072

>>85082

Solar power will only be implemented widley once Europe and America have upped thier rare earth element production, at the moment china is the main supplier, so currently relying on solar power in a large scale means having an energy infrastructure that is dependent on china