"Similarly, there is no simple way to decarbonize plastic production, and the measures will range from plant feedstocks to more recycling and to substitutions by other materials."
Isn't this the area that it made the most sense to have kept the existing easy available hydrocarbons for? As opposed to burning them for fuel, I mean. Is the usage of fossil hydrocarbons resources for raw material in producing plastic still counted as having a carbon footprint? (For the record, I think that in the long term, a solution for producing plastics without relying on fossil resources is necessary, but it doesn't make sense to limit ourselves to that just yet.)
Isn't this the area that it made the most sense to have kept the existing easy available hydrocarbons for? As opposed to burning them for fuel, I mean. Is the usage of fossil hydrocarbons resources for raw material in producing plastic still counted as having a carbon footprint? (For the record, I think that in the long term, a solution for producing plastics without relying on fossil resources is necessary, but it doesn't make sense to limit ourselves to that just yet.)