• 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.)