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YsoL8 t1_j4pe2q1 wrote

Reply to comment by Northstar1989 in Fossil fuels already peaked, growth in renewables exponential by ObtainSustainability

Thats confusing fuel for raw material.

Oil as fuel is far more dangerous than as raw material. We've actually recently been discovering bacteria capable of breaking down plastic and genetic engineering will surely improve on that. Which means we will be able to make a closed loop for plastics.

At some point the economics will favour breaking down plastic over ever more expensive extraction. Especially as the recycling option gets cheaper.

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Northstar1989 t1_j4pfr46 wrote

>discovering bacteria capable of breaking down plastic

What do you think the bacteria turn the plastic into?

It doesn't disappear. It becomes CO2.

Oil as a material is just as bad, perhaps worse (d/t Microplastics in the environment) than oil as fuel.

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