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If oil were expensive, plastic would probably still be used in all the places it is used today because it is lighter and a large percentage of oil goes into the

If oil were expensive, plastic would probably still be used in all the places it is used today because it is lighter and a large percentage of oil goes into the transportation of goods. I actually don't have a problem with plastic, at least in theory. Oil exists in the ground. I don't see an issue with pumping it up, using it for a bit, and putting it back into the ground via a landfill. I take more of an issue with recycling where plastic is shipped overseas and makes its way into the waterways.

jll29 3y ago
> Oil exists in the ground. I don't see an issue with pumping it up, using it for a bit, and putting it back into the ground via a landfill. - The form it is put "back into the ground" isn't the same form it was "pumped up". - The landfill isn't the same location where we put it compared to where we sourced it (much deeper). I'm not an ecologist, but both these differences have complex consequences for earth and us.