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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The house burning probably happened more than one time too.

wiki/List_of_oil_spills

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The alternative is not necessarily oil.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

It feels like it is otherwise we wouldn't possibly use it.

Imagine dangerous drilling, all the complex refining, the mass transpiration systems around the world moving billions of tonnes, etc. It's stupid and complex. The system to enable it was somewhat forced & def forced to maintain it, it's well documented actually.