Well, not all plastics are made from petroleum and not all that are made from petroleum need to be made from petroleum, it’s just cheaper because there’s a ton

Well, not all plastics are made from petroleum and not all that are made from petroleum need to be made from petroleum, it’s just cheaper because there’s a ton left over. Without a petroleum based economy we would either use petroleum for plastics or use other sources of monomers. Plastic would certainly be a lot more expensive, though, especially during a transition phase to other monomer sources. But it’s simply untrue to say petroleum is required to build EVs, it’s just that today that’s what is used as the basis monomers for the plastics. It’s also factually true, despite a seeming loss of recognition in the last decade, that fossil fuels are not limitless. We might as well not wait for exhaustion before planning about what to do next, no?