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If fuels get more scarce, the prices will grow so high that petroleum would be too expensive to be used as fuel, compared to electricity, and the last reserves
by narag 5y ago
If fuels get more scarce, the prices will grow so high that petroleum would be too expensive to be used as fuel, compared to electricity, and the last reserves would be devoted to other uses.
Also what about the "indestructible" plastics in dumpsters?
- ericmay 5y agoI’m not sure. I’ve heard compelling arguments that prices will be drastically cheaper when supply is the lowest because we will still rely on it but it’ll be uneconomical to extract by private companies so the government will subsidize the production and sale. A huge run for the hills moment would be if the US nationalized the industry. Doomsday kind of stuff.
- srvmshr 5y ago> Also what about the "indestructible" plastics in dumpsters I am not an expert in polymers, and please do correct me if I am wrong: Thermoplastic materials can be reused for some cycles. But thermosets, like formalin which builds chairs and hard materials are essentially one-time use and hard to degrade.