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Just now, Zambroski said:

LOL...holy shit!  :lol: 

 

"Looking at it thru the perspective of guilt, from using a straw to eating a burger am I part of the problem."

 

Its really fucking amazing to see what has happened to the D party.   :lol:     

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I recall when the advent of plastic straws and shopping bags was considered a great invention as it would cause less cutting of trees in the forests, now plastic is going to destroy the Planet or any other bunch of nonsense they'll claim.

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8 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

I recall when the advent of plastic straws and shopping bags was considered a great invention as it would cause less cutting of trees in the forests, now plastic is going to destroy the Planet or any other bunch of nonsense they'll claim.

One of plastics first uses was to make billiard balls and other ivory products.

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How much oil is used to make plastic?

Although crude oil is a source of raw material (feedstock) for making plastics, it is not the major source of feedstock for plastics production in the United States. Plastics are produced from natural gas, feedstocks derived from natural gas processing, and feedstocks derived from crude oil refining. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is unable to determine the specific amounts or origin of the feedstocks that are actually used to manufacture plastics in the United States.

Petrochemical feedstock naphtha and other oils refined from crude oil are used as feedstocks for petrochemical crackers that produce the basic building blocks for making plastics. EIA data can only identify those oil-derived feedstocks specifically designated as petrochemical feedstock by petroleum refineries in EIA’s refining surveys, which break out into Naphtha For Petrochemical Feedstock Use and Other Oils For Petrochemical Feedstock Use. However, the petrochemical industry also consumes large quantities of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL).

The majority of HGL produced in the United States are byproducts of natural gas processing, and the rest are produced at crude oil/petroleum refineries. The HGL produced by U.S. petroleum refineries contain both alkanes and olefins. Alkanes can be used as feedstock for petrochemical crackers, whereas refinery olefins, primarily propylene, but also minor quantities of ethylene and butylenes, can be used as direct inputs into plastics manufacturing. Because the petrochemical industry has a high degree of flexibility in the feedstock it consumes and because EIA does not collect detailed data on this aspect of industrial consumption, it is not possible for EIA to identify the actual amounts and origin of the materials used as inputs by industry to manufacture plastics.

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7 minutes ago, Snake said:

One of plastics first uses was to make billiard balls and other ivory products.

The first synthetic polymer was invented in 1869 by John Wesley Hyatt, who was inspired by a New York firm’s offer of $10,000 for anyone who could provide a substitute for ivory. The growing popularity of billiards had put a strain on the supply of natural ivory, obtained through the slaughter of wild elephants. By treating cellulose, derived from cotton fiber, with camphor, Hyatt discovered a plastic that could be crafted into a variety of shapes and made to imitate natural substances like tortoiseshell, horn, linen, and ivory.

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8 minutes ago, Cold War said:

Pisses me off when I get handed my Tito /cran with no straw.  Just spare me the  save the world speech and put a straw in it. Hippie. 

Straw? They should be handing you a tampon for drinking a woman's drink. :whistle::lol:

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14 minutes ago, snoughnut said:

Straw? They should be handing you a tampon for drinking a woman's drink. :whistle::lol:

Vodka/ Cranberry is manly as well as tasty!!!!!!!  Bitch.  :hay:

when I was in panama my buddy sends me to bar for a White Russian.  Two smoking hot gals sitting at bar . One leans over ... “  that’s a bitch drink “    You some kind of a pussy?  I came back steaming.... thanks .....here’s your bitch drink!!!!

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2 minutes ago, Cold War said:

Vodka/ Cranberry is manly as well as tasty!!!!!!!  Bitch.  :hay:

when I was in panama my buddy sends me to bar for a White Russian.  Two smoking hot gals sitting at bar . One leans over ... “  that’s a bitch drink “    You some kind of a pussy?  I came back steaming.... thanks .....here’s your bitch drink!!!!

:lol:

 

"Well, get on with making it, bitch."

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54 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

I recall when the advent of plastic straws and shopping bags was considered a great invention as it would cause less cutting of trees in the forests, now plastic is going to destroy the Planet or any other bunch of nonsense they'll claim.

Yep! It used to be that using plastic over paper meant you were environmentally concious. Of course that was before the internet and the rise of social outrage over every goddamn half-baked "issue". Not that polution is a half-baked issue.

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43 minutes ago, Cold War said:

Vodka/ Cranberry is manly as well as tasty!!!!!!!  Bitch.  :hay:

when I was in panama my buddy sends me to bar for a White Russian.  Two smoking hot gals sitting at bar . One leans over ... “  that’s a bitch drink “    You some kind of a pussy?  I came back steaming.... thanks .....here’s your bitch drink!!!!

:lol:

 

That's fucking priceless.  :bc:

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