bat1000@sh.itjust.worksBanned to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPowerful solar eruption is heading for Earth and could supercharge the northern lights over the US this weekwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1192
arrow-up1192external-linkPowerful solar eruption is heading for Earth and could supercharge the northern lights over the US this weekwww.space.combat1000@sh.itjust.worksBanned to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoOil has lots more to do with everything else, besides power. Virtually every plastic. Copper manufacturing. Lubricants. Solar panels. Windmills. Etc. You’re wanting to push everyone back to the stone age.
minus-squareRiderExMachina@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoPlastic alternatives are in development and in various stages of manufacture. That’s a solved problem. The other oil could/should be recyclable, which is a lot better than burning it, never to be used again like in an engine.
Oil has lots more to do with everything else, besides power.
Virtually every plastic.
Copper manufacturing.
Lubricants.
Solar panels.
Windmills.
Etc.
You’re wanting to push everyone back to the stone age.
Plastic alternatives are in development and in various stages of manufacture. That’s a solved problem.
The other oil could/should be recyclable, which is a lot better than burning it, never to be used again like in an engine.