Agreed. Petroleum products are everywhere and present a problem from the extraction of the oil to the microplastics in the oceans and drinking water. Until the cost of fixing the problems created by oil drilling and processing is included in the price of oil it will be the product of choice.
I learned that early. My parents worked for a good portion of the evil empire. Monsanto, DOW, pharma. We owned a plastics manufacturing company for a time. I interned at a pharma company, for 8 summers, worked our company about as long. Just another cog. I'm a disabled artist, writer, now, happier.
Much much poorer though, lol. Funny how that works out. Turns out you only need as much money to be happy as you need to not worry about paying your bills, and you can even be happy without that. Also though it really is nicer to cry in your Mercedes then your shitbox with no AC, lol. 🥵