Eli5 Why did fossil fuels bring about such a huge increase in standard of living if they are bad for the environment?
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Because people didn’t know or care that they were bad for the environment when they started using them for everything from making heat in your house to fueling your car to making power for entire cities. Now we do know better, but so much infrastructure is based on fossil fuel energy that it is not cost effective or realistic to try to switch everything instantly. And of course big coal and oil companies don’t want to have to lose out on a big source of revenue.
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