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Plastic isn't burning it.
by SamReidHughes 6y ago
Plastic isn't burning it.
- danans 6y agoFrom: http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/hamman1/#:~:text=Using%20an%20estimate%20of%2040,2.2%20x%201018%20J http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/hamman1/#:~:tex.... "non-feedstock energy [for plastic production is] (between 1.4 x 1018 J and 2.2 x 1018 J)". Non-feedstock means the stuff that doesn't turn into plastic, but just powers the product. From the same paper, adding both feedstock and non-feedstock together: "between 2.5% and 4.0% of total U.S. primary energy consumption in 2008 was due to the energy for plastic." Also, plastics are a fossil fuel, and a lot of waste plastic is burned for energy production, which results in significant fossil-fuel based CO2 emissions.