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Only about half of oil production goes to energy and transportation. The other half goes to production of synthetic materials like plastic. Look around you, o
by joshuaheard 12y ago
Only about half of oil production goes to energy and transportation. The other half goes to production of synthetic materials like plastic. Look around you, oil production is not going away any time soon.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoOnly more reasons to stop using oil for energy and transportation - we need it for plastics.
- LeonRobrotsky 12y agoI thought refining of oil was mostly separating the different hydrocarbons- or can gasoline be used to make plastic?
- pjc50 12y agoYou can "crack" or "reform" any hydrocarbon to any other at the cost of some energy. Plastic tends to be ethane -> polyethylene, and the like. The fraction called "naptha" which is between ethane and gasoline in refining tends to be used as chemical feedstock.
- TimothyFitz 12y agoThe sources I could find say 4% is used for plastic and another 4% for the energy to make the plastic. Nowhere near 50%. http://www.plasticoceans.net/the-facts/energy-consumption/ http://www.plasticoceans.net/the-facts/energy-consumption/
- cagenut 12y agothis is not even remotely true http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=34&t=6 http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=34&t=6