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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Electricity is useful for heat and light.......and, once we've found efficient ways to store it for when we need it, transport. However, as a chemical feedstock for industry it's utterly useless. Oil will never be obsolete as a commodity.
(, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:59, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
You'd cut it more than in half I would think.www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=249006&d=1332398711
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AgreedHowever, instead of cat-cracking heavier fractions to get the lighter ones (E:G Gasoline and the lighter Olefins) you would use the heavier fractions themselves as feedstock for the Chemical and Plastics industries. Plastics would get cheaper and the Arabs would lose their wealth. Win-win
(, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:13, Reply)
Plus assuming "free" electricity a lot of recycling would become economically viable.(, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:16, Reply)
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