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Well, it need not be burned, it can be converted to a series of products that don't involve burning it, plastics of many types, rubber, I'm sure even pharmaceut
by thedevindevops 7y ago
Well, it need not be burned, it can be converted to a series of products that don't involve burning it, plastics of many types, rubber, I'm sure even pharmaceuticals.
- gdubs 7y agoThe problem is you can’t make any of those products without refining oil — and that is one of the biggest sources of emissions on the planet.
- tomatotomato37 7y agoOil products only take up ~10% of current production, and it will be even less once energy demand decreases and drives prices back up. That's low enough for a single country to monopolize & sustain the world's demand on its own oil production.