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minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMaybe we’ll see solar and wind fill some of the gap, and 3-4 day work weeks are something we could have been doing foot over a decade? The supply of oil for plastics could encourage a reduction in single use plastics and landfill mining for supply? But probably just more oil assholes will get rich as the economy collapses.
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMy knowledge of oil->plastics begins and ends at turbine powered trains and bunker c… But I don’t think plastics have much impact on the hydrocarbons used for gas. Last I knew plastics were made with what were byproducts of refinement or gas-making.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIf the price of oil goes up, so does the price of the byproducts
Maybe we’ll see solar and wind fill some of the gap, and 3-4 day work weeks are something we could have been doing foot over a decade?
The supply of oil for plastics could encourage a reduction in single use plastics and landfill mining for supply?
But probably just more oil assholes will get rich as the economy collapses.
My knowledge of oil->plastics begins and ends at turbine powered trains and bunker c…
But I don’t think plastics have much impact on the hydrocarbons used for gas. Last I knew plastics were made with what were byproducts of refinement or gas-making.
If the price of oil goes up, so does the price of the byproducts