Re:Norway Is Walking Away from Billions of Barrels of Oil
by beat on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:42AM
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How much oil is used in manufacturing materials, though, rather than as energy? I suspect that's a small percentage.
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Re:Norway Is Walking Away from Billions of Barrels of Oil
by antisthenes on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:51PM
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About 12-13%, according to this: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=oil_home
And most of that is lubricants and plastics. I think we can all agree that reducing our use of plastics is generally a good thing overall - we might make the switch back to more easily recyclable materials, e.g. aluminum and glass, which, although energy intensive to recycle, are almost endlessly renewable.
Not sure what good substitutes for oil based lubricants would be.
Re:Norway Is Walking Away from Billions of Barrels of Oil
by beat on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @12:43PM
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The primary problem with petroleum is greenhouse gasses, so I'm far less concerned about its use in plastics than I am in its use for fuel.
Re:Norway Is Walking Away from Billions of Barrels of Oil
by max76 on Monday April 08, 2019 @11:20AM
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I have low confidence in this answer, so I hope someone on the internet corrects me if I'm wrong.
Oil is refined into many different byproducts. Some of the byproducts are used in manufacturing, and other byproducts are used in energy generation.