• MrPasty@lemmy.sebbem.se
    232·
    5 months ago

    Plastic is made from oil that is pumped up from the earth. This oil contains carbon that eventually gets released into the atmosphere.

    The climate change is caused by carbon that is pumped up from the earth and released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

    Do you have enough imagination to see any kind of connection?

    • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de
      2·
      5 months ago

      Honestly though, by far the largest use of oil is as an energy source.

      97% of fossil fuels are used as energy source. 3% of fossil fuels are used to make plastics.

      Source: https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-plastics

      Since the world emits around 54.6 billion tonnes of CO2eq, plastics were responsible for around 3.3% of global emissions.

      (I hope I understood that article correctly.)

    • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de
      21·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, I see that. Actually, it’s only about the carbon that is pumped up from the earth. Nothing else matters (with respect to climate change). It’s doesn’t even matter how many trees are cut down, as long as they re-grow.