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mlansbury@despora.de

We can't save the world with electric cars

Going electric does not solve our problems, it only deepens them. As engineers, we must say the opinion of the professionals in the industry is contrary to the mainstream, and for good reason, Zsolt Horváth and Tamás Ignácz write.

We’ve known for a long time that our GDP addiction and capitalist economic model are incompatible with life on Earth.

Scientists kept saying that for decades, yet very little happened. A few years ago, the electrification of passenger vehicles had begun its journey, hoping it could reduce CO2 emissions to save the planet.

Not only does it not help — it worsens the situation, and yet we keep heading towards a disaster.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/12/26/we-cant-save-the-world-with-electric-cars

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harryhaller@diasp.eu

With the war against Russia, the USA is conquering the oil and gas markets in Europe at great cost to the environment - ships instead of pipelines.

It is also conquering the oil and gas supplies in Iraq and Syria. No main stream publication covered the opening of the Iraq pipeline to the Med by Lord Brown of BP, nor the fate of iraqi or syrian oil fields - the latter after the US invasion under USA governance.

Top 10 Natural Gas Producers by Country

The US is by far the largest producer of natural gas in the world, representing nearly a quarter of global natural gas production. Its output has increased by more than 350 billion cubic meters in the past decade owing to the increasing cost of coal, and advancements in extraction technology such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.

In addition to being a major natural gas producer, the US is also by far the biggest consumer of the fuel. In 2022, US demand for natural gas totaled 881 billion cubic meters, primarily for home heating and generating electricity.

In the first half of 2022, Reuters reported that the US became the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the country increased shipments to Europe due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

https://investingnews.com/top-natural-gas-producers/ #tags#usa #ukraine #iraq #syria #russia #lng #gas #eu #environment #globalwarming #war #historicalmaterialism #materialism #marx ">