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Re:Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from p... by peter303 on Monday March 11, 2019 @11:18AM (#19359586)
Believe it or not petroleum will run low and become very expensive some time in the future. Clever technology has just pushed that date out to mid century. Petroleum is the main source of plastics and many chemicals. You might alternatives when crude oil reaches a thousand dollars a barrel.
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Re:Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from p... by sp332 on Monday March 11, 2019 @11:48AM (#19359831)
As fossil fuel use winds down, that date will be pushed much further into the future. After all, to keep global warming below ~3 degrees centigrade, we'll have to avoid burning most known oil reserves.

What % of crude oil can be converted into plastic anyways?

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