> after we stop burning fossil fuel
You mean, when we run out of fossil fuel?
You mean, when we run out of fossil fuel?
And even then, who knows whether dumping spare electricity into oil wells instead of e.g. batteries or pumped storage hydroelectricity might remain profitable.
My point is, it's not necessarily that obvious, and we better not wait for people to stop running out of ideas to make a profit on fossil fuels.