Fossil fuels are the future

THE EDITOR, Madam:

The Trinidad and Tobago PM made the right decision to not attend COP28, not because he wouldn’t contribute anything anyway but because he would reinforce his hypocritical status by preaching at the anti-fossil fuel convention and then fly off to the Middle East and Europe in a fossil fuel powered jet dining with oil and gas giants. Besides, where are the climate activists and their loud voices over the signing of the Dragon Gas deal to extract natural gas and share the profits with Venezuela which is threatening to invade our CARICOM ally Guyana.

Fossil fuels are the future. We need energy to survive, global warming is essential for mankind’s survival on earth. We must adapt to climate change, not try to fix it. Carbon emissions are an effect of global warming not a cause of it. When people say that vested interests are keeping fossil fuels relevant, it proves that people get their passes and degrees but they don’t have any bloody common sense! Renewable energy should be used to supplement fossil fuel dependence not replace it. The ice caps are melting because they are growing in regions where the temperature is steadily dropping.

We need to mine the earth to get lithium batteries, we need fossil fuels to make solar panels and windmills. A storage tank full of gasolene is easier to store, maintain and reuse compared to its energy equivalent in electric batteries per square feet. The nylon in our underwear, the polymers in hair wigs and the petroleum compounds in modern medicines all come from fossil fuels. People who talk this nonsense don’t understand how a fridge works or understand the value stream and logistics that it takes to make the phones that they can’t live without. Don’t even bother asking them how they measured the sea level rising.

KENDELL KARAN

Chaguanas

Trinidad and Tobago