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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by whatisthiseven on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:39PM (#24715482)
This is backwards. First, plastic is something like 1% of all oil production. Secondly, oil is the the best way to do sequestration by keeping it in the ground.

Unless you mean turning co2 into oil to make plastic or something? Which is itself weird for the energy requirement.

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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:48PM (#24715547)
Slightly higher, about 4% worldwide, though some of that is NG.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/How-Much-Crude-Oi...

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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by tomerico on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:55PM (#24715589)
But you assume that the oil saved by a reduction in plastic use will be kept in the ground. Isn't a fairer assumption that it would be repurposed and burnt?
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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by AjithAntony on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:00AM (#24716613)
I think he just generally meant stop using oil for all uses for maximum carbon sequestration
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