Comment by kennywinker

It seems to me you’re thinking of this in wayyy to much of a binary. It’s not pre-fossil fuel vs post fossil fuel - it’s how do we transition each thing we use fossil fuels for.

Like if we end fossil fuels for energy, the cost of plastics will skyrocket. They maybe don’t contain enough carbon on their own to drive global warming, but we still need alternatives because otherwise that’s a many-billion dollar industry that is going to oppose stopping burning fossil fuels for energy.