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Re:Making steel without emitting CO2 by HarryHirsch on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @10:41PM (#39284203)
Yes, and chlorine is the stuff that no one wants, so it's turned into polyvinylchloride, which isn't really useful unless with copious quantities of plasticizer.
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Re:Making steel without emitting CO2 by refurb on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @05:02AM (#39286625)
For something nobody wants it costs several hundred dollars per ton to buy
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Re:Making steel without emitting CO2 by incrudible on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @08:50AM (#39288504)
The price of chlorine though is much lower still and it has been very stable until recently. How elastic is demand for PVC?
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