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Re:See-Through Solar Is Tomorrow’s Threat to Oil by TeMPOraL on Monday March 23, 2015 @09:59AM (#9250885)
Only more reasons to stop using oil for energy and transportation - we need it for plastics.
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Re:See-Through Solar Is Tomorrow’s Threat to Oil by LeonRobrotsky on Monday March 23, 2015 @10:43AM (#9251175)
I thought refining of oil was mostly separating the different hydrocarbons- or can gasoline be used to make plastic?
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Re:See-Through Solar Is Tomorrow’s Threat to Oil by pjc50 on Monday March 23, 2015 @11:15AM (#9251340)
You can "crack" or "reform" any hydrocarbon to any other at the cost of some energy. Plastic tends to be ethane -> polyethylene, and the like. The fraction called "naptha" which is between ethane and gasoline in refining tends to be used as chemical feedstock.
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