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The need for oil doesn't go away with the transition to non-petrol cars. It's also used to make plastics and many other industrial products. Hopefully we will
by tony-allan 4y ago
The need for oil doesn't go away with the transition to non-petrol cars. It's also used to make plastics and many other industrial products.
Hopefully we will stop burning it and the volume we pump out of the ground will also go down.
- pfdietz 4y agoPlastics are mostly made from natural gas, not oil. Aromatics come from oil, but can also be produced from other sources, including biomass.
- tony-allan 4y ago...made from either "Plastics are made from natural materials such as cellulose, coal, natural gas, salt and crude oil through a polymerisation or polycondensation process." https://plasticseurope.org/plastics-explained/how-plastics-are-made/ https://plasticseurope.org/plastics-explained/how-plastics-a... https://www.plasticsforchange.org/blog/how-plastic-is-made https://www.plasticsforchange.org/blog/how-plastic-is-made
- foxyv 4y agoIf plastics become too expensive I don't really see that as a problem. Then they will only be used when absolutely necessary instead of literally everywhere. We have so many other reusable and recyclable materials.