Re: Carbon sequestration

In article <47c73204$0$8424$db0fefd9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6186@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Better not to produce the plastic anyway.

If the oil isn't used to make plastic it will just be burned in cars.
Better to make it into plastic and sequester the carbon in it in
landfill.
I think that the idea of using the oil to make packaging materials, which
are by their nature very durable is wrong, even if only a quarter of the
energy that goes into them goes into the air.

I also hate the beach of the reserve I look after being strewn with
plastic. We are also running out of holes to put the rubbish in, and all
(most of) that carbon will seap out in one form or another anyway.

Arguably use of oil is a more worthwhile use of it than than throwaway
packaging anyway.

--
Regards from Bob Seago: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rjseago/
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