@Robn56
Actually only 4% of the world's oil output is used for plastics, and what there is can easily be replaced with biocarbon. Tar sands oil will not be used for this market. Driverless cars make far more efficient use of roads so no ones will be needed.

@angelo_vancouver
Yup, seems oil investors are running 'skeered' Google "transcanada-facing-new-keystone-xl-issue-nobody-is-interested-anymore" Same problem with energy east" Maybe they can read?

Google "stanford-study-says-fossil-fueled-cars-will-vanish-in-8-years-as-big-oil-collapses"

"The long term effects of the self driving car movement could potentially be staggering. Price waterhouse Coopers (PwC) predicts that the number of vehicles on the road will be reduced by 99%, estimating that the fleet will fall from 245 million to just 2.4 million vehicles."

Google "peak-car-ownership-is-near-beginning-of"

Bitball risks are localized to the factory not potential $billion kalamazoo dilbit spills.