This is the thing about plastic
Nature's going to eat it. All of it. Especially as we've basically turned it into a mainstay of the oceanic ecosystem.
But what else is that going to do? When half the micro-organisms in the ocean have evolved to chow down polymers and polyesters, what knock-ons will that have?
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 15 Jan 2021, 9:38,
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the arse will fall out of the petrochemical industry soon I expect
Once the cars have gone electric will it be worth digging oil and gas out of the ground?
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Yes it will, just on a smaller scale, there are thousands of uses.
Many of the uses actually save energy over non petrochemical solutions.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 15 Jan 2021, 11:51,
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it might still be useful but will extracting it be economically feasible?
As soon as the demand from transportation and power generation dries up a lot of the infrastructure required for extraction makes no sense at all
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I guess only the easier to extract sources will be used.
They will use them more efficiently as well. It will mean an end to throwaway consumer societies (thank fuck), except for the very rich.
However, steel is not going away anytime soon.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 15 Jan 2021, 12:46,
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Found this (2018)
cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Plastics-recycling-microbes-worms-further/96/i25
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 15 Jan 2021, 11:53,
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