Strypey
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"I couldn't even imagine health care without plastics, and I don't even think we should go there. I would argue that plastic has allowed very important innovation of medical devices and supplies, and is here to stay."

#DrJodiSherman, Founding Director, Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-165-year-reign-of-oil-is-coming-to-an-end-but-will-we-ever-be-able-to-live-without-it

Head in the sand, much? How will you get plastic, without the fossil fuel industry spitting it out as byproduct?

#healthcare #plastic#Yale #sustainability
Strypey
activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
China's going to be fine.

"In China, people burned crude oil and gas for heat and light as early as 500 B.C. By the fourth century A.D., they were drilling for these natural resources and transporting it via bamboo pipes."

#HannahOsborne, 2024

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-165-year-reign-of-oil-is-coming-to-an-end-but-will-we-ever-be-able-to-live-without-it

#China #energy#FossilFuels#FossilOil#FossilGas #bamboo
Strypey
activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
WTF?!

"The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that under current policies, the global use of plastics could triple by 2060."

#HannahOsborne, 2024

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-165-year-reign-of-oil-is-coming-to-an-end-but-will-we-ever-be-able-to-live-without-it

#plastic#OECD