The vast majority of living matter is plants, not animal, therefor the vast majority of oil derives from plants.

That said, this is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what veganism is. Veganism is about avoiding animal "exploitation" to whatever extent possible. Being turned into oil after dying in tar 100 million years ago has nothing whatsoever to do with human exploitation of animals.

Fossil fuel is definitely not derived out of animal fossils. But yes, I agree to "plastic is vegan unfriendly" because it's first turned into chemicals that are harmful. Veganism represents the idea of not harming animals for consumption and not harming ourselves as well. The "jainism" wouldn't allow you eat something wrapped in plastic.

they might not be from fossils https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/10823/are-fossil-fuels-really-formed-from-fossils

Vegans that are vegans for ethical reasons aren't opposed to animals dying naturally and their bodies finding other uses. They're against killing animals that would otherwise be alive.

The only addition I have to this convo is the dinosaur meme

I think a lot of people place value in things that dont matter. They arent seeing the big picture, and just look at minute details. I feel the vegans that arent shouting are the ones we should be listening to. They seem to understand there are ethical ways of eating meat, and they choose to not want to participate. They arent the ones trying to stop people from eating meat. I see a lot of vegans that cheat on their diet, too.

Let us remember that these people, by not eating meat, do not usually think clearly.

Selective reasoning is always the answer to these types of questions.

Which then just comes back to ethical choices and the environmental impact they choose to have on the world. But I am always of the mindset of “live and let live.”

At the end of the day it’s progress for the individual in whatever capacity that is in their lives. Bringing things to light is all we can do.

Great question. Always ask 5 whys. If you do veganism hits some struggles….

Why do you associated plastic with vegan?

They are talking about the product, not the package.

Your post reminded me of an article I read years ago: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/06/no_author/why-are-mariijuana-hemp-cannabis-outlawed/

Do you get bothered by vegans?

Purity in anything is difficult. You will need to make some choices and tradeoffs.

Most fossil fuels are derived from dead plants not dead dinosaurs.

Dino-juice

There are plant based plastics but you ask a good question.

I agree with you, however, the big industries have not questioned this and therefore consider the content vegan but not its packaging, and in the pharmaceutical industry this has improved as there are drugs in the form of capsules that are purely natural gel. but still work remains to be done in this type of food area. if they can produce something 100% vegan, those chocolate bars should come in another type of packaging.