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Why would you think that if the fossil fuel market was weak and dysfunctional, that it would pose a threat to renewable energy.
The reality is that the renewable sources, cannot yet fill all the requirements, currently filled by fossil fuels.
Hydrocarbon energy storage is what will allow wind and solar to become mainstream realities, yet you seem resistant to the idea.
Fossil fuels have made both large corporations and brutal dictatorships extremely wealthy and powerful. There those companies and regimes have used their influence to delay action on climate change and instead get benefits and actions that benefited them.
Putin ties put Germany's ex-chancellor under pressure – DW – 03/01/2022
Gerhard Schröder, who works for oil giants Gazprom and Rosneft, has been pressed to disavow the war in Ukraine. His silence has caused some of his staff to quit in protest and business partners are distancing themselves.
www.dw.com
Bush's sordid Saudi ties set template for Trump – he was just more subtle
The former president has been widely praised for his command of foreign policy. The reality, writes the author of House of Bush, House of Saud, was much more complex – and dark
www.theguardian.com
“Kochland” Examines the Koch Brothers’ Early, Crucial Role in Climate-Change Denial
A new book by Christopher Leonard reveals how Charles and David Koch crippled government action on climate change.
www.newyorker.com
Fossil fuel big five 'spent €251m lobbying EU' since 2010
Report comes amid calls for set up of firewall to protect politics from industry influence
www.theguardian.com
There that massive influence has for example led to western governments having spent trillions of dollars on intervention in the Middle East. While at the same time spent a lot less on action on the transition away from fossil fuels, even with the massive cost of both climate change, toxic pollutants and dependency on ruthless dictatorships.
Fossil fuel companies could also have used some of their billion dollars profits to develop the fuels you propose if it had been an realistic option. While also with their massive influence easily got the government to develop the fuels you propose. Instead the fossil fuel companies still don't have any planes to produce significant amounts of the fuels you propose.