inari@piefed.zip to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 days ago40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsoleteimagemessage-square169linkfedilinkarrow-up11.36Karrow-down18 cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1image40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsoleteinari@piefed.zip to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square169linkfedilink cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoThose all can be produced from synthetic hydrocarbons made from atmospherically captured CO2. We don’t need to drill an oil well to make plastic.
minus-squareforestbeasts@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWhoa, seriously? Okay that’s awesome to know. And pretty cool. – Frost
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoI mean, yeah, lots of things are possible. Whether or not they are economically feasible with current tech is a different question. Given that oil-based fuel still exists, there’s no reason for anybody to try to actually create a feasible, sustainable, scalable process to do such a thing.
Those all can be produced from synthetic hydrocarbons made from atmospherically captured CO2. We don’t need to drill an oil well to make plastic.
Whoa, seriously? Okay that’s awesome to know. And pretty cool.
– Frost
I mean, yeah, lots of things are possible.
Whether or not they are economically feasible with current tech is a different question.
Given that oil-based fuel still exists, there’s no reason for anybody to try to actually create a feasible, sustainable, scalable process to do such a thing.