The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[OakesCS]

I missed it but I think your premise is wrong. The world will b consuming hydrocarbons for chemicals production for centuries to come. Plastics inherently require carbon or more expensive, less plentiful elements. The remaining quantity of hydrocarbons in the ground is enormous. Folks that think we’re rapidly exhausting ‘fossil’ hydrocarbon resources have no clue. If that were to happen, alternative sources would become dramatically more expensive then the current cost disparity and people wouldn’t like the consequences (ie food shortages)