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Did you just overlook the "for energy" part of the sentence?

You burn plastic instead of oil, and if you burn it properly it has zero toxic emissions.

In the net, you have reduced CO2 emissions, because now you don't need to pull extra oil out of the ground - you instead burn the oil in your hand.

> This is a monstrously insane statement.

I suppose if your plan is to hold plastic bags in your hand and burn them. Of course that's not the actual suggestion you were replying to - so you basically made up a scenario, then criticized it.

Yes, that's a good plan - don't do the thing that no one was suggesting anyone do.