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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #221 Turning plants into plastics
Description: The world consumes 4.25 billion tonnes of oil every year. Over half of the oil drilled out of the ground goes towards transport, but the entire sector is moving to decarbonise. However even if the transport sector no longer requires oil, many industries across the economy will still be reliant on extracting fossil fuels. In order for the world to stop drilling for oil we need to find replacements for all its uses, not just in transportation.
The amount of oil used to produce materials is equivalent to what goes towards the automotive industry. Oil is used to...