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Did you really cite turning oil into plastic as evidence that we can't move away from fossil fuels for large scale energy production?
by BaseballPhysics 3y ago
Did you really cite turning oil into plastic as evidence that we can't move away from fossil fuels for large scale energy production?
- dottjt 3y agoNo. I was making 2 separate points, I would re-read the last sentence again.
- BaseballPhysics 3y agoHow is that point relevant? The goal is to eliminate CO2 emissions, not eliminate the use of oil generally. For plastics production, that goal could be achieved by migrating extraction, refining, manufacturing, and transport to carbon neutral energy sources. Of course, moving away from non-biodegradable plastics, in general, is also a good idea for a host of other reasons. But given oil is also used in, for example, the production of fertilizer, we're probably gonna need to be able to extract it and use it sustainably for a while yet.