We buy almost all our oil from Norway, it’s our gas that comes from the Gulf
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frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
If we immediately stopping drilling for oil here, we won’t use less oil, we’ll use the same amount of oil, but buy it off the Saudis, who suck.
Denjin@lemmings.world 1 week ago
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Well, we need both and we should keep exploring both, although we can probably get away from gas sooner.
Norway is actually a great example of what I think we should do: keep using oil in order to fund a rapid transition to green power. It’s working well for them!
br3d@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
All oil goes on the global market. Drilling for it here doesn’t mean we use British oil here, and doesn’t meaningfully mean the Saudis produce any less. The only way forward is to wean ourselves off being dependent on oil
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
I didn’t say the Saudis would produce less, I said we’d use the same amount but buy more off the Saudis.
We do need to move away from oil dependence (and we are), but until we do that, we need oil from somewhere and we may as well get it here.
br3d@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oil extracted near the UK doesn’t get used in the UK - it goes to the global market.
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
My line of argument does not require that the oil be used here.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 week ago
If we never drill for it. Or allow anyone else. Studies will run out eventually.
It is in no way a solution. But the simple fact is adding new wells extends the time corperations and governments can delay implementing alternatives. Increasing the total amount of harm done to the enviroment.
It is not a zero sum game. Providing our own dose not mean the world burns the same amount t it means we burn for longer with less urgency to alternative options and inferstructure.
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
If it was in my power, I would certainly jail the CEOs and nationalise the oil companies, so I’m with you there.
However, stopping oil immediately before alternatives are in place would be a humanitarian disaster.
rah@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Really? What makes you say that?
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
The government is investing record amounts in green energy, approving record numbers of green projects and rewriting planning law so it can approve even more.