Microwave Transforms Plastic Into Oil and Gas

Demonstration of a machine to recycle plastic into oil, gas and pure carbon black.

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Entertainment

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• microwave
• oil
• gas
• grc
• gizmodo

[willthemop]

Sound is not an electromagnetic wave

[lukerides666]

I like the part when it goes black for 54 seconds

[llonnette]

does the light out?

[turtletoes716]

@videoclipits ROFL

[LANN98]

"how to waste your own time, money and reputation,

and get cancer in the process."

-me.

[thenodnarb]

@sccooper791

Yeah but this is a really inefficient way to do this. All that is really needed is heat. He is basically "distilling" plastic,or in this case, tires. The by product is also flammable and can be used in the heating process. Also, this type of fuel can be produced more cheaply and more locally than even drilling for oil, since oil must go through the same process essentially to be refined into a usable fuel even after its been pumped and transported to the refinery.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@he45188 for the same reason they still charge for electricity.... and drill for oil.

[uivzdnfituoez]

@he45188 the same reason why we don't make diamonds out of carbon, though its possible...

[Digging4Truth]

This could still happen since some processes only use heat. You could use the heat off of processes already in place such as the heat from a nuclear power plant.

[sccooper791]

@he45188 The reason this is not happening on a larger scale is simple. (Closely) watch this video again. You will notice, that THE ENGERY INPUT OF THE MIRCOWAVE MACHINE IS MORE THAN THE ENERGY OUTPUT. In other words- this microwave machine uses up more energy than it produces. Essentially using more energy to produce less energy. Last time I checked, vacuums, like the one he uses in the video, take a lot of power to run. ; P

[he45188]

OK, this is now four years old... so why isn't it happening on a large scale all over the world already?