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Amid a year of record-breaking climate disaster, the U.S. broke its record on oil extraction (www.salon.com)
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I'll note that overall US greenhouse gas emissions are not at a peak; that was some years ago, with much of the drop coming from reduced coal burning

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[–] neanderthal@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

2024 resolution. Make 2023 peak oil

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing this is related to breakdowns in trade between the US and OPEC.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

More that fracking made a whole lot of otherwise un-extractable oil economic to extract. The bulk of this is happening on private land.

[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

U S A! U S A! U S A!

[–] Fleshtrap@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

Lol oops, I wonder how much the wells I was involved with added to that.

My wife and I finally bought a house though, so at least there's that.