Perhaps ethane based plastics not affected very much in the USA at least. Its a “waste product” from shale gas extraction. There are laws on how much producers can burn, and if they don’t have a home for it they have to stop extracting methane. So they price it so cheap its essentially paying people to take it so they can go back to extracting methane. The USA produces 40% of the worlds ethane. This is also one of the reasons plastic recycling isn’t financially feasible here. Ethane is just too cheap to make virgin plastic vs the costly process of collection and recycling of non-virgin plastics. source
Half of the modern world is reliant on petroleum based products. Gasoline and Diesel are about 70% of modern crude oil usage, but that remaining 30% is everywhere.
You know that meme about how we’re meant for eating fruit on the beach but instead we have to pay taxes? I’d violently defend my ability to opt out of that as well.
It’s not just gas. Any plastic.
My job is already seeing disposable gloves explode in price
Perhaps ethane based plastics not affected very much in the USA at least. Its a “waste product” from shale gas extraction. There are laws on how much producers can burn, and if they don’t have a home for it they have to stop extracting methane. So they price it so cheap its essentially paying people to take it so they can go back to extracting methane. The USA produces 40% of the worlds ethane. This is also one of the reasons plastic recycling isn’t financially feasible here. Ethane is just too cheap to make virgin plastic vs the costly process of collection and recycling of non-virgin plastics. source
Half of the modern world is reliant on petroleum based products. Gasoline and Diesel are about 70% of modern crude oil usage, but that remaining 30% is everywhere.
the Amish and the Sentinalese laughing at us rn
The sentinelese are always laughing at us.
You know that meme about how we’re meant for eating fruit on the beach but instead we have to pay taxes? I’d violently defend my ability to opt out of that as well.
Idk modern medical care and pain relief is also pretty nice. There are some pretty brutal ways to die that we can avoid with modern technology
Id take basic medicine over *all this. *