A short YouTube monologue by Courtney Moeller arguing that clean energy and electric vehicles remain heavily dependent on oil and gas because oil is required not only for fuel but for many products (plastics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, roads, tires). She acknowledges environmental efforts but contends that without alternatives for oil’s many uses, oil and gas cannot be fully eliminated.
People don't really realize that a lot of this clean energy is very dependent upon oil and gas. And even electric vehicles as a whole are very dependent upon oil and gas as well. But there is this push to save our environment and save. Save the world, which is great. Obviously, I want to do my part to recycle and, you know, do things like that, but at the end of the day, we need oil and gas. We need oil not just for fuel for our cars, but we need it for our products. We need it for plastic. It's in life saving devices and pharmaceuticals and roads and tires. And until we find some kind of alternative that can replace the substantial amount of things that oil provides, we just aren't going to be able to eliminate.
