@Sandra it’s cumbersome but oil is still vital for many petrochemical products. The lack of oil alternatives is still a big problem for other industries. Regardless of the transportsector.

@taymaz

That was true in the seventies too. This dependence was something the oil industry and their bought politicians lobbied for, in the face of (by now) many decades of actively rejecting alternatives. Here in Sweden our current government deliberately and actively through legislation increased the propertion of fossil oil in fuels. That is not okay.

Many oil products like plastics are also an environmental nightmare in many ways, including and beyond climate change. Plastic doesn't gracefully go away after its useful life and throughout that useful life it continuously sheds pollutants. That is not okay.

@Sandra It’s a bit more complicated than that. The products and derivates of oil like I mentioned is a huge deal not only for plastic, and regardless of their environmental impact (degrading and pollution issue) there are no viable subtitutes for large scale.
Not only that, petrochemical products are also used in pharmaceutical production - again with lack of substitution at this point.
We’re stuck with oil for the foreseeable future unless we dismantle our entire way of life