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I'll wait until they figure out how to make paints and plastics from solar PV Absurd that people don't consider the industrial uses of oil and gas when they ta
by spaceman_2020 4y ago
I'll wait until they figure out how to make paints and plastics from solar PV
Absurd that people don't consider the industrial uses of oil and gas when they talk about green tech. Nearly a fourth of all oil and gas is used in industrial processes and as base materials for pretty much every modern product you can imagine. And that has no synthetic replacements yet.
- tuatoru 4y agoOnce you can make methane, you can make pretty much any hydrocarbon. Air captured carbon and electrolyzed hydrogen are not very far off comeptitive with fossil methane.
- brutusborn 4y agoIf renewables can produce relatively cheaper energy, it won't make sense to use oil or gas for anything other than chemical synths. And as other commenters have said, once hydrocarbon sources run out we can just build the required molecules from a hydrogen base. Reminds me of clandestine chemists who can use clove oil to synthesise MDMA because other precursors are closely watched. As long as you have the right atoms, the only issue to building a new molecule is energy and time.
- eloisant 4y agoYou can make plastic from starch. Most plastic are made from oil because it's cheap and convenient (you only need a small amount of oil to make plastic, unlike when burning it for energy). When it's no longer convenient to use oil for that you can be sure that there companies will find alternatives.