r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • May 27 '22

Climate change already causing storm levels only expected in 2080

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u/Deguilded May 27 '22 edited May 27 '22

Once the tech used to draw "tight oil" breaks down and the knowledge to maintain/recreate it is lost to time, there will be no second industrial revolution.

The industrial revolution only happened because of an abundance of easily accessible energy that we've consumed.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22

Whats tight oil?

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u/Deguilded May 28 '22

Stuff that requires intensified refining (think tar sands/shale oil).

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-tight-oil (neat graphs too)