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As the developing world develops, demand for petroleum based products (plastics, and even some paper products) will certainly rise, even if power plants and tra
by hkmurakami 10y ago
As the developing world develops, demand for petroleum based products (plastics, and even some paper products) will certainly rise, even if power plants and transportation moves away from fossil fuels.
Demand will never go to zero even if our energy needs our met renewably. I wonder what the ratios will be though.
- XorNot 10y agoUsage in plastics is a tiny highly substitutable use compared to fuels. A realignment where it becomes a buyer's market for oil will be a massive change to the status quo.