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I don't understand the argument against plastics. - Extract oil from underground - Buy oil off the market, prevent it from being burned - Turn it into afford
by legitster 5y ago
I don't understand the argument against plastics.
- Extract oil from underground
- Buy oil off the market, prevent it from being burned
- Turn it into affordable and useful goods
- Properly dispose of it by burying it underground again
Obviously a bit simplistic, but it seems like plastics are a rudimentary carbon sequestration technology!
- ceejayoz 5y agoIf the goal is carbon sequestration, just skip... all of your steps, and leave the oil in the ground, where it is already-sequestered carbon.
- NullPrefix 5y agoNo way to pay VAT and increase GDP if you skip all the steps
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- dahart 5y agoToo bad the steps where you extract oil and turn it into goods produce and emit a whole bunch of co2 into the atmosphere, otherwise this might make a believably simplistic solution. Oh, and the pesky problem with needing to burn a bunch of oil just to produce plastic and get it delivered. BTW the term carbon sequestration is talking about extracting co2 from the atmosphere today to slow co2 pollution. It is not referring to using fossil fuel carbons from the ground or carbon that was in the atmosphere millions of years ago. It doesn’t even make sense to suggest you’re ‘sequestering’ carbon by pulling it out the ground and then putting it back. Curious, what parts of the argument against plastic aren’t making sense? The main problems with plastic is it’s non-renewable and doesn’t decompose, so we’re going to run out and we can’t get it back. If you’re a proponent of plastic, these facts should worry you, no?