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		HarryHirsch on Feb 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making steel without emitting CO2 Yes, and chlorine is the stuff that no one wants, so it's turned into polyvinylchloride, which isn't really useful unless with copious quantities of plasticizer.

refurb on Feb 7, 2024 [–]

For something nobody wants it costs several hundred dollars per ton to buy

incrudible on Feb 7, 2024 | [–]

The price of chlorine though is much lower still and it has been very stable until recently. How elastic is demand for PVC?

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