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buran77 2 hours ago

The petrochemical industry is huge we've yet to find alternatives for it. Half the stuff around you was made with something derived from oil, and you can't replace that with wind or sunlight in the foreseeable future.

andriy_koval 27 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

there are pathways to produce synthetic oil from coal or using carbon capture if you have cheap energy. I hope they will catch up if fossil oil prices skyrocket.

all2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We should also note that wind turbines require huge amounts of petroleum derivatives to operate.

nullpoint420 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah but at least the byproducts produce a solid that can last for years vs treating it as a consumable.

I'm fulling expecting someone will reply to me and say that making plastic wastes 75% of the oil or something during production, and that it's just as wasteful amortized across the lifespan of a wind turbine. I'm tired, man.