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by bryanlarsen 124 days ago
No, plastic usage world wide is less than 10% of fossil fuel usage. Only in China can the plastic increase compensate for lowering demand because they are the factory of the world.
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Buddy you're really missing the point. Fossil fuels are used as inputs into a huge number of manufactured products, not just plastic.
All of which combined are well under 10%.