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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
I dont see it as a conflict really. There's no doubt that the cash-crop is gasoline.
And the rest of the uses is better than just dumping it, and certainly become items that modern people might find it hard to live without.
But without the gasoline use, the extra uses might not ever have come into being.
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i don't disagree with this in the slightest but it is tangential to the point and topic of this thread
as i said in the op-
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
what would it really take to boycott oil? to truly live an petroleum free life? it would take a lot more than just selling your gas powered machines and riding a bike, in fact, you couldn't have a bike, tires, etc, all are based on that. pretty much everything manufactured these days has a petroleum cost.
you certainly could not own a computer, or television or shoes, etc etc.
it seems to me that we are completely tied to petroleum in all aspects of our lives.
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the question posited was *what would it take to live a truly petroleum free life* in light of the fact that so many products (6000+) stem from petroleum.
i never once suggested, implied or thought that by not buying bicycle tires i'm going to hit big oil in the pocket book.
that's a leap your colleague made.