that’s only in use because it’s cheap.
it’s cheap because we use oil on such a massive scale. there are alternatives, and if we don’t need oil then plastics and asphalt would become far more expensive.
byproducts are only cheap when they are byproducts
People will always need oil even if we use 100% renewable energy, for stuff like plastic, asphalt and gazillion other things made out of crude
that’s only in use because it’s cheap. it’s cheap because we use oil on such a massive scale. there are alternatives, and if we don’t need oil then plastics and asphalt would become far more expensive.
byproducts are only cheap when they are byproducts