<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Umbra on oil and plastic]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by solarkismet http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:36:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/1 redoing the math

Ala the last bit of data...1 ton of plastic saves 685 gallons of oil.  For the non-math types, this would translate into 3 lbs of plastic to save about 1 gallon of oil.

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Ala the last bit of data...1 ton of plastic saves 685 gallons of oil.  For the non-math types, this would translate into 3 lbs of plastic to save about 1 gallon of oil.

]]> Comment #2 by JoeyDiana http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:34:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/2 Plastic row covers

This is a question for Tom Philpott too:
I have had a question for a while about the possible leaching from plastic row covers used in farming.  They use black plastic sheets directly on the ground at our CSA and I am curious to know more about them.

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This is a question for Tom Philpott too:
I have had a question for a while about the possible leaching from plastic row covers used in farming.  They use black plastic sheets directly on the ground at our CSA and I am curious to know more about them.

]]> Comment #3 by Pandu http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:08:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/3 followup question


When I think of this issue, the question that comes to mind is how much dwindling supply of petroleum will impact the markets that use it for other-than-fuel, such as plastics and petrochemical fertilizers.

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When I think of this issue, the question that comes to mind is how much dwindling supply of petroleum will impact the markets that use it for other-than-fuel, such as plastics and petrochemical fertilizers.

]]> Comment #4 by Earth Shaman http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/ Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:40:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/plastics/4 Plastic and oil

The neat thing about vegetable oil is the fact that it is renewable and plastic works great from new oil.Also there are two different processes that turn plastic back to oil and componentry along with enough gas/vapor to run the processs in the process from India. If you folks are unaware,all of the petroleum on the planet is plant based ,from ultra heating from anomalies similar to the one we are experiencing now that has our planet weather in extremes.All plants have oil in them and when they are cooked down and run into steam pockets from the cooking of the planet and the plant oils,lignin components sit a long time and degrade,VIOLA petroleum.So lets use more oils from our oil seeds and give our atmosphere a break and our landfills too.

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The neat thing about vegetable oil is the fact that it is renewable and plastic works great from new oil.Also there are two different processes that turn plastic back to oil and componentry along with enough gas/vapor to run the processs in the process from India. If you folks are unaware,all of the petroleum on the planet is plant based ,from ultra heating from anomalies similar to the one we are experiencing now that has our planet weather in extremes.All plants have oil in them and when they are cooked down and run into steam pockets from the cooking of the planet and the plant oils,lignin components sit a long time and degrade,VIOLA petroleum.So lets use more oils from our oil seeds and give our atmosphere a break and our landfills too.

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