Posted on 03/08/2019 8:04:04 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MONACA, Pa. — Economic “game changer” is not a phrase often used in Appalachia and rarely a phrase proclaimed in unison by politicians from both parties at the same time on any subject. Yet since 2016, when Shell Chemical announced it was building a $6 billion ethane cracker plant here, an economic revolution began that is far from reaching its potential.
Mention “cracker plant” in most parts of the country and people think you are making a Nabisco product, but the cracker plant in Beaver County is all about a molecular “cracking,” in which extreme heat “cracks” ethane molecules to form new ones that will eventually produce more than a million metric tons of polyethylene, a type of plastic used in all kinds of common household products.
Creating the fertile building blocks for plastic also creates a vibrant market for new jobs, and not just blue-collar ones but also chemists, computer scientists, and engineers, all of whom are needed in this burgeoning energy economy.
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Sounds racist.
cracker?
That’s .........................Well, you know......................
What do they make Ritz in?.................
Perhaps everyone can get a set of teeth.
but, does this have the approval of Ocasio-Cortez with her green new deal???
Plastics....
And some real cocaine instead of that meth crap.
Somehow I just don’t see wind power supplying the
energy for this type of operation...
And a car with no bondo....................
And the jokes just write themselves sometimes...
There have been many natural gas projects in the area. In a small town, Smithton, there is a newly completed {in the past month} natural gas to electricity generation plant.
The facility can deliver enough electricity to sustain 940,000 homes. This will cause less dependence on coal, but it is the market at work, and not a gummint mandate.
People in W PA are working and if you don't have a job, it's because you don't want to work.
This past week, I met an 86 year old widower, that had just sold his home in Florida, and moved back to his other home in W PA, and is working at an auto parts shop for $16/hr. He said all of his FL buddies had died and he still has some friends and family here, so he came north and is working to fill his day.
There are jobs available, and if you have any trade skills {plumbing, electrical etc} you can work 7 days a week.
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