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Wow I just looked to how much oil goes into plastic, assuming a tiny portion. Turns out it's not a straight forward question and a lot of the input is actually
by redwood 5y ago
Wow I just looked to how much oil goes into plastic, assuming a tiny portion.
Turns out it's not a straight forward question and a lot of the input is actually natural gas https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=34&t=6 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=34&t=6
Anyway I saw estimates ranging from 4% to 10% of petroleum going into plastic... higher than I thought