[user5994461]

> Passive aggressive word games aside, you really can't compare "reducing the global need for oil" to "snapchat for cats".

Actually. By reducing the consumption of oil, it becomes cheaper to travel and people will travel more... increasing the consumption of oil.

Game word in point: You might be having the opposing effect of what you think :D

[fulafel]

It's known that we can't dig up and burning all profitably extractable hydrocarbons, if we want to avoid the worst case scenarios of global warming. See eg. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/27/fracki...

[dTal]

That would be Jevon's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox