Comments on: Ford, REPREVE to Recycle 2 Million Plastic Bottles Back into the New 2012 Focus Electric and Other Vehicles http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/18/ford-repreve-to-recycle-2-million-plastic-bottles-back-into-the-new-2012-focus-electric-and-other-vehicles/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: What Do SOPA and PIPA Have To Do With Alternative Energy? | Edward's Energy Blog http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/18/ford-repreve-to-recycle-2-million-plastic-bottles-back-into-the-new-2012-focus-electric-and-other-vehicles/#comment-111642 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:47:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33974#comment-111642 […] Concentrator Efficiency. Another article that I found interesting, and Kudos have to be sent to FORD for their efforts to recycle plastics in the making of automobiles. Though all of these small […]

]]> By: Edward Kerr http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/18/ford-repreve-to-recycle-2-million-plastic-bottles-back-into-the-new-2012-focus-electric-and-other-vehicles/#comment-111543 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33974#comment-111543 When I was a kid (a long time ago) there was a ‘commercial’ with the idea that we enjoyed “Better Living Through Chemistry”. I bought into it back then. These days I see it as, like petroleum itself, a mixed “blessing”.

Coal and Oil have been the Energy Source that has allowed us to build (in a short order) the “civilization” that we now enjoy. They have also brought us the feedstock for our brilliant organic chemists who have concocted this substance that we call plastic.

Mixed Blessing: Yes, we have cars, trains, trucks, planes, plastics, fertilizers, pesticides and all sorts of petroleum driven “conveniences” that make our lives better. Along with those ‘blessings’ we have we have polluted air, water, increased disease, obesity, and a whole host of things that no one would call “better living”.

Kudos to Ford for doing something even if it’s simply a PR stunt as they have added to the dialogue. Though it’s not a comprehensive ‘answer’ to our problems it is a step in the right direction. I’m beginning to wonder if there is an answer that would encompass every aspect of this ‘pickle’ into which we have delivered ourselves with our cleverness.

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]]> By: wilber http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/18/ford-repreve-to-recycle-2-million-plastic-bottles-back-into-the-new-2012-focus-electric-and-other-vehicles/#comment-111523 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33974#comment-111523 This seems to be more of a stunt by Ford (a smart stunt!) than a true effort to use the millions of tons of plastic waste we make here. Wouldn’t it be great if someone would legislate “a tax break” 50% or more recycled plastic from here is used in say… a new car!. This way we keep our new natural resource (plastic waste). Instead of crushing it and sending it to China, for them to use- why don’t we keep it here – recycle it here – use it here. It’s almost free. It would be great for everyone in the US. What do say?

]]> By: The Green Jobs Source for Wednesday, January 18, 2012 « Blue Green Alliance Blog http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/18/ford-repreve-to-recycle-2-million-plastic-bottles-back-into-the-new-2012-focus-electric-and-other-vehicles/#comment-111496 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:59:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33974#comment-111496 […] CleanTechnica: Ford, REPREVE to Recycle 2 Million Plastic Bottles Back into the New 2012 Focus Electric and Other V… […]

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