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Says exec of company that has objectively caused more environmental harm to the world than any others

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[–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also a component in some industrial products, primarily lubricants and solvents - the latter of which was kinda funny to me because you commonly use solvents to clean off oil

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I guess road asphalt is a contributer too. I wonder if those uses eventually contribute to ghgs though degradation over time.

Petrol uses

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know about asphalt, so thanks for that.

Also curious about potential ghg there.

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Asphalt does off-gas compounds, though not sure how many of those compounds are GHGs:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb9785