inari@piefed.zip to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months ago40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsoleteimagemessage-square189linkfedilinkarrow-up11.47Karrow-down19 cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.46Karrow-down1image40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsoleteinari@piefed.zip to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square189linkfedilink cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoPetrochemicals are barely 10% of oil usage, not really important by volume.
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt was literally the byproduct of fuel production. They had to find uses for it and created the petrochemical revolution. The issue was we already had ways of making all our products without petroleum byproducts. They also didn’t cause cancer which is kind of nice.
Petrochemicals are barely 10% of oil usage, not really important by volume.
It was literally the byproduct of fuel production. They had to find uses for it and created the petrochemical revolution.
The issue was we already had ways of making all our products without petroleum byproducts. They also didn’t cause cancer which is kind of nice.