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reducesuffering • 11/04/2025 • 1 reply • view on HN

High oil prices means alternatives are more economical and the transition can happen sooner. Low prices keeps us using oil for longer


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toomuchtodo • 11/04/2025

Low prices destroy oil exploration investment, making it harder to establish future extraction as China pumps clean tech exports to the world.

https://ember-energy.org/data/china-cleantech-exports-data-e...

(half a million barrels a day of global oil demand is destroyed every year EVs are produced at the current rate China produces them at)

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