i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoOil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960swww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down19cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareMonsterMonster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·4 months agoWhen you pause to think that we still use an effectively 120 year technology to move us along yet tech in other areas has soared and superceded others it makes you wonder if it’s deliberate to help keep the oil industry going. This is an interesting read.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoThat’s not a great argument an and of itself. Bicycles and trains are both older, yet superior. In fact, bicycles are still the most efficient means of land transportation ever invented. (The only thing better is a sailboat.)
minus-squarebean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·4 months agoTrains are also incredibly efficient… literally conspiracy has happened (Wikipedia).
When you pause to think that we still use an effectively 120 year technology to move us along yet tech in other areas has soared and superceded others it makes you wonder if it’s deliberate to help keep the oil industry going.
This is an interesting read.
That’s not a great argument an and of itself. Bicycles and trains are both older, yet superior.
In fact, bicycles are still the most efficient means of land transportation ever invented. (The only thing better is a sailboat.)
Trains are also incredibly efficient… literally conspiracy has happened (Wikipedia).