Despite being the world's 8th biggest crude oil exporter, Norway is banning the sale of new gasoline cars in 2025.
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year.
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Producing fossil fuel, still means you are producing carbon emissions, just that you are giving it to other countries to do the dirty work for cheap.
Gasoline and Diesel are two out of thousands of things that are made from oil. You're literally holding fossel fuel in your hand right now. Other products made using oil include:
Adhesive, Air mattresses, Ammonia, Antifreeze, Antihistamines, Antiseptics, Artificial limbs, Artificial turf, Asphalt, Aspirin, Awnings, Backpacks, Balloons, Ballpoint pens, Bandages, Beach umbrellas, Boats, Cameras, Candies and gum, Candles, Car battery cases, Car enamel, Cassettes, Caulking, CDs/computer disks, Cell phones, Clothes, Clothesline, Clothing, Coffee makers, Cold cream, Combs, Computer keyboards, Computer monitors, Cortisone, Crayons, Credit cards, Curtains, Dashboards, Denture adhesives, Dentures, Deodorant, Detergent, Dice, Dishwashing liquid, Dog collars, Drinking cups, Dyes, Electric blankets, Electrical tape, Enamel, Epoxy paint, Eyeglasses, Fan belts, Faucet washers, Fertilizers, Fishing boots, Fishing lures, Floor wax, Food preservatives, Footballs, Fuel tanks, Glue, Glycerin, Golf bags, Golf balls, Guitar strings, Hair coloring, Hair curlers, Hand lotion, Hearing aids, Heart valves, House paint, Hula hoops, Ice buckets, Ice chests, Ice cube trays, Ink, Insect repellent, Insecticides, Insulation, iPad/iPhone, Kayaks, Laptops, Life jackets, Light-weight aircraft, Lipstick, Loudspeakers, Lubricants, Luggage, Model cars, Mops, Motorcycle helmets, Movie film, Nail polish, Noise insulation, Nylon rope, Oil filters, Packaging, Paint brushes, Paint roller, Pajamas, Panty hose, Parachutes, Perfumes, Permanent press, Petroleum jelly, Pharmaceuticals, Pillow filling, Plastic toys, Plastics, Plywood adhesive, Propane, Purses, Putty, Refrigerants, Refrigerator linings, Roller skate wheels, Roofing, Rubber cement, Rubbing alcohol, Safety glasses, Shampoo, Shaving cream, Shoe polish, Shoes/sandals, Shower curtains, Skateboards, Skis, Soap dishes, Soft contact lenses, Solar panels, Solvents, Spacesuits, Sports car bodies, Sunglasses, Surf boards, Swimming pools, Synthetic rubber, Telephones, Tennis rackets, Tents, Tires, Tool boxes, Tool racks, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Transparent tape, Trash bags, Truck and automobile parts, Tubing, TV cabinets, Umbrellas, Unbreakable dishes, Upholstery, Vaporizers, Vinyl flooring, Vitamin capsules, Water pipes, Wind turbine blades, and Yarn.
Is this list facetious? Or a pop culture reference that I don't get?
Some of these items have existed for thousands of years in non-petrochemical forms (dice, tool racks, tents). Others are currently obsolete, weirdly specific (soap dishes?), or weirdly vague (tubing), or a weird combination of the same (water pipes).
I'm also struggling to understand vitamin capsules. Don't most of those use standard gelatin derived from animal sources? Or fish or vegetable sources? And why vitamins specifically? I've visited several factories that make capsules for vitamins or pharmaceuticals. Is there an additive to the gelatin formula that I'm forgetting? And why specific to vitamins?
I don't know. It's early and this doesn't make sense
This is essentially correct. Vitamin capsules are generally made from gelatin. Vegan ones are generally made from tapioca starch, glycerol, agar, etc. The idea that vitamin capsules are derived from hydrocarbons is probably just HMPC (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, where the hydroxypropylation is done with propylene oxide), which seems rare compared to gelatin.
So, you would rather that Norway didn't ban sales of ICE cars?
Question is, though, how much revenue can be replaced with other products? Or if the lesser demand on gas and diesel might take the margin of operations with it, and thus start a domino effect.
Oh, and in 2025 China will be at 50%+ EVs. That might make a dent in the oil economy.
Ok so back to my comment then, with all these amazing benefits of producing crude oil, clearly I was wrong, we should do everything to get countries to start pumping out oil, if they haven't, or try increasing their crude oil production so that the world can benefit from the thousands of uses, except as fuel but it's less than 1% of possible uses. Heck the oil will make the countries maybe almost as rich as Norway to also use the profits to subsidise the EV market and stop using ICE vehicles, except if they are a poor oil-less country. Heck everything will get cheap since the world will have an abundance of cheap crude oil, due to high supply. Hopefully the Norwegians won't say only they are allowed to ethically produce a crap load of oil, in a low supply world that is due to collusion from OPEC countries
Oil has a lot of uses, like lubricants and plastics, both of which are needed to make wind turbines.
Fossil fuels will still have a place even many centuries from now. They are a good backup to have, like paper copies of digital documents.