Just fyi I never got ID’d in Japan and at the convenience stores etc, they just ask you to press a button on a touch screen that says you’re 20.

Another point I don’t see brought up often is how much we use oil for basically everything else. Clothing (polyester), packaging, flooring, so many consumer goods globally are made from polymers. I hate it but the oil problem doesn’t go away with just transitioning to renewables for energy.