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Dubslack t1_j52thcb wrote
Reply to comment by SIGMA920 in Bloomberg: Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System. Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people by ombx
It's not cheaper, that's why they don't.
Dubslack t1_j52saib wrote
Reply to comment by 11fingerfreak in Bloomberg: Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System. Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people by ombx
Well, plastic is a petroleum product, so that part isn't all that crazy.
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Reply to comment by DjImagin in ‘This is greenwashing’: Shell accused of overstating renewable energy spending by pipsdontsqueak
Renewables aren't making oil obsolete, oil is going to be obsolete regardless. We have 40-50 years left of known crude oil and it takes millions of years to make more.