Ethylene
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
3 statements about Ethylene, every show
Lewinsohn: Chinese expansion will drive severe chemical market overcapacity by 2030
“If you look at the amount of ethylene and propylene that they're bringing on, and then go to 20 30 and shut all of the European and Japanese capacity, in 2030, you'd have more over capacity than you have now.”
Kann: Most Plastics Emissions Come From Energy-Intensive Precursor Production
“To my understanding, the majority of the reason that plastic is, has a lot of embedded emissions is largely in the, is largely the energy consumption of the production of the precursors.”
Kann: Commodity chemical decarbonization may favor electrochemistry over synbio
“So we're talking about stuff like ethylene and propanol, a bunch of these big commodity chemical categories, which are much bigger markets, bigger decarbonization impact ultimately, but less complex molecules to create and processes where sort of traditional c…”