"Just stop oil"
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So you think that anyone that takes umbrage with these absolute knobheads illegally disrupting the public going about their lawful business, blocking ambulances, preventing people from attending crucial hospital appointments, stopping people from visiting dying relatives etc. etc. are all 'right wingers'?
I've read some rubbish on this place before, but you're really close to taking the prize with that little gem.
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Why?
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What floats to the surface in this ideology is the fact that fossil fuels pollute, and therefore simply stopping them makes sense, this is what a 10 year old might say, and if you are a parent, you might explain to your child that there are no viable alternatives but people are working hard to come up with them.
Unfortunately those people do not read or study anything but the writings of Karl Marx.
Because fossil fuel is not the future, and the sooner people get used to that fact, the better it will be for all of us, and nature.
I get that it's a hard pill to swallow for some, but it's only amatter of time before we don't have a choice.
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They aren’t saying stop using oil now they are saying stop granting licenses for future exploitation of reserves in the UK. Common misconception that ‘just stop oil’ means stop using it right now.
That doesn't answer the question though.
I think that's part of why people find this sort of thing so dumb, there seems to be this mindless conflation that caring about the environment or wanting to transition away from fossil fuels = supporting any group of idiots who are making noise so long as it appears vaguely environmental.
Why is importing more oil & gas from other parts better than extracting it locally?
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It's not and anyone with half a clue a about the modern World understands this, which seems to exclude Just Stop Oil and their fellow travellers.
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Oil companies are hugely capital intensive, you need to find new sites and drill all the time, those wells dont last forever, its not my misconception.
Peak oil demand predicted in 2030, however the odds this will be pushed back are very high, perhaps 2035, at which point it will decline.
The UK is very small and stopping licenses here is not effective to anything, except to reduce UK economic output, and to increase pollution as investment moves to lesser regulated areas
You cannot actually achieve this goal but you can reduce the supply by a considerable amount while going into peak oil demand.
The result is very simple, huge costs in energy and food, and extreme poverty.
Sometimes i think this is some 200 IQ play by a bunch of oil investors who sat around some table in some yacht somewhere, and someone said guys i know how to make more money.
Ultimately capex spending is a big hassle for oil companies, you need to keep doing it, and the issue is, everyone does too much and the price of oil crashes and you lose money.
However as capex is going down by a lot the supply is being squeezed, the price will go up over time, this means high margins, when combined with lower capex = huge free cash flow.
This is why i invest in oil companies, and rate them as a strong buy at todays prices.
Edit: You should read my posts as me explaining things for the sake of it, i do not really care about any of it, but due to my understanding being correct i will make money.
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That's a bit ironic coming from the guy who supports an obviously foolish cause and can't seem to even answer why.
Yup, see also the German greens, some German politician/campaigner was celebrating on twitter recently at the last nuclear power station being shut down... it's mindnumblingly dumb... meanwhile, as importing Russian oil and gas is obviously bad at the moment they've resorted to burning coal...
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Sweden is building world's first permanent electrified motorway
The 'e-motorway' will be built along 13 miles of European route E20 which connects Hallsberg and Örebro, located between Sweden's three major cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.www.dailymail.co.uk
You see this "13600k - Asus Z790a - RX 6800XT - Kingston 32gb @6000mhz - Corsair RM750 - Lian-Li PCA10A WD Black, Noctua NH-D15."
your sign, well if there was no oil you would not have any of that.
Until we find an alternative source on this planet or another it is the best we have
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Your going to feel silly when you read that in the morning after a strong coffee.
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All energy production pollutes.
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The protestors are basicaly saying dont eat yellow snow and you lot are saying but its s so tasty.
That isn't what they're saying though, their position is simply to stop new oil exploration & extraction in UK waters.
You guys don't even know what you're supporting, see also @mattyfez and his reply as to why he supports them, he can't give an answer and just responds with some vague stuff about the environment.
Silicon is base material for processors , but plastics are used from the design to the fabrication. Arm has PlasticARM which is made from plastic, the only plant in the world that can make this, is in the UK and ofcourse we sold it off cheap, just as all British governments do, they should be hanged for this.
It will change the whole way processors are manufactured.
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Yet when the snooker thing came up not a single person at work had a clue as to what they were protesting about and the general sentiment was not very complimentary as to them...
Sometimes the only way to get attention for a cause is extremes but you also ultimately need people on your side and these protesters are simply turning everyone against them.