>>1151736It is now because oil is still economically viable for transportation. What we're going to see in the future is the price of oil going up in stages, as old methods of extraction run out and newer, more expensive methods are implemented. Right now there's a transition going on, and I think the next long term stable value of oil will be around $80/barrel, although there will be quite a bit of movement and noise before it settles there. Transportation is already switching to electricity, the increase in oil price will accelerate that. Once the demand for oil to use as a fuel has mostly been replaced with newer technologies, oil's value won't decrease, demand for it will stay high due to its other industrial uses.
>>1151739>By definition you can't get consent from a sentient that hasn't been born yet.The right and duty to bring life into the world was granted by God when he said "be fruitful and multiply"
>>1151740>What you're up against is entropyAlmost energy available here came from the sun and was stored in some manner, mostly through biological processes via photosynthesis. Right now we are using energy stored by ancient biological systems that has been trapped underground. Meanwhile, the Earth is doused with huge amounts of EM energy constantly that we are not using. The goal moving forward should be to store that energy temporarily for use, not to base all energy consumption on stored chemical potential from millions of years ago. Batteries are just one tool for temporary energy storage, and they're pretty shitty, but there are other methods.
Your point is that given a contained system, densely stored energy will dissipate over time due to entropy, and this is true. We are not talking about a closed system here. The system we care about is the Earth, and last time I checked it was getting a nice radiation bath from the sun 24/7
