Energy Realities - Living Without PlasticThe International Energy Realities Live podcast is at it again, with Irina Slav David Blackmon, Tammy Nemeth, and Stu Pid Turley discussing the issues surrounding plastics! Get your coffee, heckle, and ask questions live on X, YouTube, and LinkedIn! - Could you live without plastic? Should we?Highlights of the Podcast 02:35 - What is life without plastic 04:10 - Stores where they only offer paper bags 06:29 - The carbon footprint of the paper bags 08:25 - Computers without plastics 12:04 - The issue of trade offs 13:15 - The toilet paper in its footprint 16:09 - The microplastics  19:48 - Life without plastic 21:37 - Part of the contradiction in the EU 24:11 - Plastic materials 27:35 - One of the interesting things with the whole plastic recycling issue 31:02 - Nestlé hit by slowing frozen pizza sales in North America 31:59 - Air Conditioning and AI are demanding more of the World's Power-Renewables Can't Keep up 34:42 - Ocean Integrity with Captain Kieran Kelly  35:51 - The, global study just revealed the world's biggest known plastic polluters 39:19 - California to wrap up Exxon plastics probe'in weeks', AG says 44:51 - Biden's Power Plant Crackdown Raises More Questions Than Answers 47:50 - David Krayden: Plastics Registry Is a Nightmare for Industry and a Farce for Canadians 50:28 - Britain must brace itself for a wave of nationalisation 54:03 - The biggest problemThe gang of 4 from the UK, US, and Bulgaria, are ready for Monday morning. Get your coffee, or expresso, and ask us questions live on YouTube, X, or LinkedIn!David Blackmon, Principal at DB Energy Advisors, Energy Author, Contributing Author for Forbes, and Podcast Host. Contact on Twitter @EnergyAbsurdityIrina Slav, International Author for Oil Price, Substack, and others, Writing about Energy, Mining, and Geopolitical Issues. Bulgaria Contact on Twitter @SlavEnergy Tammy NemethEnergy Consulting SpecialistStu TurleyPresident, and CEO, Sandstone Group, Podcast HostSponsorships are available or get your own corporate brand produced by Sandstone Media. David Blackmon LinkedInDB Energy Questions The Crude Truth with Rey TrevinoRey Trevino LinkedInEnergy Transition Weekly ConversationDavid Blackmon LinkedInIrina Slav LinkedInStu Turley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuturley/) LinkedInENB Top NewsENBEnergy Dashboard