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Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Were we less dependent on them, there might have been no President Trump, no President Putin, no ayatollahs, no Netanyahu, no perpetual Middle East wars. Democracy depends on unhooking ourselves. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We need to be honest about Ira...

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Tommy Walfridson 3d ago

Is there a modern would without fossil fuels? That is the important question here. (I will read the article thoroughly tonight) Diagram from Gail Tverberg, a bit old, but still valid

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Tommy Walfridson 3d ago

We are merely making a small, small dent in the fossil fuels with renewables. In Sweden this dent has given us lower competitiveness in the south (were the majority lives) due to escalating electricity prices & lack power for an industrialised country (24/7/365) ourworldindata.org/grapher/glob...

Global direct primary energy c...

Global direct primary energy consumption

Energy consumption is measured in terawatt-hours, in terms of direct primary energy. This means that fossil fuels include the energy lost due to inefficiencies in energy production.

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