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3. misleading post.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2014, 12:13 PM

Feb 2014

the demand for fuel dwarfs
the demand for petrochemicals.
nowadays, it is easy to turn gasoline-type
molecules into feedstock for plastics,
but that is not done because of the
huge demand for fuel.

(hemp as an industrial crop is a separate issue.)

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50 Percent of Our Oil Habit Makes Plastics, but Hemp Can Curb Our Addiction [View all] eridani Feb 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Feb 2014 #1

This addiction to plastic needs to be addressed randr Feb 2014 #2

misleading post. quadrature Feb 2014 #3

Plastics can be made of most any biological material, not just hemp. hunter Feb 2014 #4

50% ?? NO WAY !! eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #5

Right you are. It is *maybe* 3%. kristopher Feb 2014 #6