The goal is to keep the oil in the ground, to not be burned or to be made into plastics.

MOSI2 34 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It's not just plastics. Practically every substance we use and rely on to maintain civilisation as we know it has a petrochemical or fossil fuel base.

I understand the not burning fossil fuel thing, but why can't it be seen like another mineral resource?

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dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Isn't the main source of helium from oil production? It's not like we have fusion reactors turning H into He.

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ac29 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The main source of helium is natural gas production, not oil

	▲	dylan604 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Okay, but while technically correct, it does nothing to change the situation. They are punching holes in the ground to extract the sweet sweet nectar. They have to store what has been extracted. When that storage is full, what does one do? Stop the input into the storage.