500kV Gas-insulated Recycle Steps
Jul 09, 2012Ed Davis commented that gas is the common carbon source to produce PVC instead of oil as stated in the article. As a matter of fact, this is very much dependent on the region where the plastic is produced: Today, US producers would preferably use shale gas, whereas, in Europe (reference for the LCA cited in the article) oil is used and, in China, coal is the main source for carbon.