DoctorTYVM, 10 months ago

remaining 26% are used for plastic and other products.

I don’t think you read your source. The little figure of the oil drum shows 6/45 gallons goes to other products, including some to pladtics. That’s 13% not 26. And it’s wrong to say all of that is plastic is hilariously wrong.

You could have saved yourself all that time and math and gone to a single source about how much GHGs come from domestic drivingbin the US. Here it is

The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to anthropogenic U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

transportation accounted for the largest portion (29%) of total U.S. GHG emissions in 2021.

On-Road Vehicles account for 1,496.4 Tg CO2 equivalent

But maybe you’re thinking that the money Americans spend on gas in a year is piddly. After all it’s only $562 Billion a year. Pocket change for BP, right?

So do you think that eliminating that many tonnes of CO2 and that many barrels of oil from companies bottom line would have an impact? Maybe just a little itsy Bitsy tiny bit?

Or are you just going to keep pretending that consumer choices don’t drive markets and climate change.