The Strait of Hormuz Oil Shock Is Now Heading West (www.bloomberg.com)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to world@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 03:14
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anomnom@sh.itjust.works on 30 Mar 11:22 next collapse

Maybe we’ll see solar and wind fill some of the gap, and 3-4 day work weeks are something we could have been doing foot over a decade?

The supply of oil for plastics could encourage a reduction in single use plastics and landfill mining for supply?

But probably just more oil assholes will get rich as the economy collapses.

BlackVenom@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 17:02 collapse

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.

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