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minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoMy knowledge of oil->plastics begins and ends at turbine powered trains and bunker c… But I don’t think plastics have much impact on the hydrocarbons used for gas. Last I knew plastics were made with what were byproducts of refinement or gas-making.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIf the price of oil goes up, so does the price of the byproducts
minus-squareFedegenerate@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhich is quite literally everything. At the very, very, least goods and services are distributed via oil power somewhere in the chain.
My knowledge of oil->plastics begins and ends at turbine powered trains and bunker c…
But I don’t think plastics have much impact on the hydrocarbons used for gas. Last I knew plastics were made with what were byproducts of refinement or gas-making.
If the price of oil goes up, so does the price of the byproducts
Which is quite literally everything. At the very, very, least goods and services are distributed via oil power somewhere in the chain.