Why Divest from Fossil Fuel? And Where To Invest?

Since the clean-energy movement gains momentum, people become more aware of what their money is up to and many are looking for green alternatives.

In this article, I will try to conclude why divest of fossil fuel is good or bad.

Why DIVEST is such a common term all of a sudden?

Nowadays profit-line is no longer the only thing investors care about.
Ideology and the ‘Environmental Effect’ influence investors’ decision-making more than ever before.

‘Fossil Fuel Divestment’ or ‘Fossil Fuel Free’ movement is one of the outcomes of this phenomenon.

Start from the beginning, what are fossil fuels?

Fossil Fuels are coal, natural gas, and oil.

These fuels are actually masses of ancient flora and tiny animals (fossils) trapped underground or under the sea.

High pressure and Low oxygen level underground chemically converted these fossils into what we know as ‘Fossil Fuels’

What’s so bad about fossil fuel?

To use the energy trapped inside fossil fuels we most burn it.
The process of burning fossil fuels releases CO2 gases into the atmosphere, which is the main reason we have global warming.

What is divestment?

Divestment is the act of withdrawing money from a certain investment.
People divest for different reasons:

Ideology
Environmental
Politics

For more Info about divestment Read my article:
What Is Fossil Fuel Divestment? (All You Need To Know)

Why divest from fossil fuel?

Most people divest from fossil fuel out of pure environmental ideology, they no longer want to give their money to contaminating fossil fuel companies.
Others divest because of financial reasons: they believe the era of fossil fuel is over, and soon we will only be using renewable energy sources.
Either way, The fossil-free trend is growing, as new financial ‘Fossil Free’ products join the market all the time to meet demand.

6 CONS of fossil fuel divest

🟠 Fossil Fuel Is Not Going Anywhere
Even If everybody will drive electric cars – Fossil Fuels will still be needed to make all this electricity.

🟠 Fossil Fuel Lobby
These corporations are among the strongest in the world, They are not going to give up easily on their product.

🟠 Energy Companies feel Where The Wind Blows
Oil companies are also investing in and developing green energy technology

🟠 Fossil Free funds are new
You can’t analyze their history so It’s hard to predict how will they behave in the future

🟠 Profit Line
Divesting from fossil fuel might hurt your portfolio profit line

🟠 Why Divest Only From Fossil Fuels?
Other industries create environmental damage as well, you can’t divest from them all

6 PROS of Fossil fuel divest

🟢 Environmental
Divesting from the Fossil Fuel industry might be the single most helpful act one can do to stop climate change

🟢 Sending a message
Show contaminating corporations that it’s time to stop ignoring the environment

🟢 Renewable energy gets bigger
Prices of renewable energy (wind & solar) drop every month, pulling the price of oil barrels down with them

🟢 Politics
Countries begin to fight climate change with new laws which might hurt the value of fossil fuel companies

🟢 Insurance
Some insurance companies see the ‘fossil free’ trend as a reason to stop insuring oil companies

🟢 Big Organisations
Big important organizations are withdrawing their money away from fossil fuels, they might know something