Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil

Source: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/plastic-to...

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[bubbledoubletrouble]

Oddly enough, no mention is made of the greenhouse gasses that would result from the process shown in the video.

[funkyMonk1985]

and all the youtube scientists come together once again ....

[Marshall King]

it says it costs $1.50 per litre of oil, which is about twice what we pay for a barrel of oil now. The costs could reduce when scaled up though. Also depends on the cost of electricity in the production market. Electricity isn't as cheap in Japan as it is in many other places.

[whoomgs84]

So, create a system that would run in-line with what you see, to absorb the extra- find a way to recycle the waste to create life.

[EVZebra]

Good way of getting rid of land fill - but reducing CO2 emissions, I doubt it combustion in any form = CO or CO2

We all wishing we had a healthy fusion process to make energy, well we have one and its free, its called the Sun the power of Light, all you need is a small solar panel mounted on a small electric vehicle and you can ride around for free.

The vehicle stands in the sun for 8 -12 hours, you only drive on average for 30 min to work, in that time period you can charge your batteries.

[Tricia Kelly]

thank you - the first step comes from the ones who invent solutions, and those solutions become more refined over time, and there comes another solutions - headed in the right direction with reversing the product back into a usable matter, -- even this computer that I typing this note will end up somewhere ????????

[TheOriginalEntz]

No it is not. Because it takes more energy to turn the plastic into oil than the energy in the resulting oil.

also to be clean energy we don't want the end result to be oil .. we don't want to burn it. The key is only to recycle the plastic into forms which are easy to make plastic materials from. And such methods are already developed by making pellets.

[C01V1P4Q]

The energy cost for conversion is probably several times as high as the energy of the fuel that you get back. Those machines have been almost around as long as plastic itself. If you want to do the environment a favor, you are far better off dumping it into some pit and digging it out later, when we have become a lot more desperate for oil than we are now.

[SleepySigh]

Yeah, and he says at the start that he doesn't care about the environment.

[David Knight]

Pretty light on the technical details, then jump to the obvious benefits if it works. Typical.

[ninyae]

Yes, you are correct but then perhaps the next step is to put into practise more appropriate uses for oil/appropriate uses of technology. Much of what we use technology for is for frivolous use. We have used technology to create work instead of focusing on home(steader) based lifestyles. He appears to have found a use for something long regarded as rubbish, (except when recycled) and if this is the case then the loop is closing. The next step would be to close that loop further.