Turning plastic into oil.
Aug 20, 2013 19:35:58 #
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qGGabrorRS8?rel=0
If you don't speak Japanese just turn the sound off and read the sub-titles.
If you don't speak Japanese just turn the sound off and read the sub-titles.
Aug 20, 2013 19:43:44 #
I love the concept but as I watched I had all kinds of questions like: how much electricity does it take to melt the plastic to release the gas? Does that degate the save of the oil, since most likely oil was used to make the electricity?
Aug 20, 2013 19:48:28 #
check6 wrote:
I love the concept but as I watched I had all kinds of questions like: how much electricity does it take to melt the plastic to release the gas? Does that degate the save of the oil, since most likely oil was used to make the electricity?
Yes, I have similar questions. I have seen a lot of promising technology go down the drain when it came to up scaling to full production. Maybe this will work given time and resources. Sometimes I think that the worst thing that was ever invented was plastic. The world is choking on it. There is a huge dead spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is a mass of floating plastic discards.
Aug 20, 2013 20:40:12 #
It is probably more efficient on a larger scale and a potential money maker with the right end market.
Aug 20, 2013 21:00:10 #
Yes, I think a regional program might work. The email I got today with this same link talked lies about how all households in Japan were being required to have one of these. Yeah, right!
Aug 20, 2013 21:04:27 #
check6 wrote:
Yes, I think a regional program might work. The email I got today with this same link talked lies about how all households in Japan were being required to have one of these. Yeah, right!
I have to wonder how much oil the Plastic Island in the ocean could produce, then there are all the trash barges we sell to other countries and the dumps...
Aug 20, 2013 21:23:27 #
St3v3M wrote:
It is probably more efficient on a larger scale and a potential money maker with the right end market.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 20, 2013 21:24:13 #
check6 wrote:
Yes, I think a regional program might work. The email I got today with this same link talked lies about how all households in Japan were being required to have one of these. Yeah, right!
Who knows. Only time will tell!
Aug 20, 2013 21:24:30 #
St3v3M wrote:
I have to wonder how much oil the Plastic Island in the ocean could produce, then there are all the trash barges we sell to other countries and the dumps...
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 21, 2013 12:50:33 #
At least this guy has a solution, even if on a small scale. Makes one wonder why we still need to separate the various plastics, if such a machine can produce oil - even in small quantities?
Aug 21, 2013 12:53:13 #
HEART wrote:
At least this guy has a solution, even if on a small scale. Makes one wonder why we still need to separate the various plastics, if such a machine can produce oil - even in small quantities?
How cool would that be? Go to the Recycling center, deposit your plastics and watch a bottle fill with oil. Heating oil, cooking oil, oil for your car. Wow!
Aug 21, 2013 15:03:01 #
HEART wrote:
At least this guy has a solution, even if on a small scale. Makes one wonder why we still need to separate the various plastics, if such a machine can produce oil - even in small quantities?
True. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 21, 2013 15:03:19 #
St3v3M wrote:
How cool would that be? Go to the Recycling center, deposit your plastics and watch a bottle fill with oil. Heating oil, cooking oil, oil for your car. Wow!
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 21, 2013 23:28:45 #
caknutsen
Loc: Seattle, WA
bcheary wrote:
Yes, I have similar questions. I have seen a lot of promising technology go down the drain when it came to up scaling to full production. Maybe this will work given time and resources. Sometimes I think that the worst thing that was ever invented was plastic. The world is choking on it. There is a huge dead spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is a mass of floating plastic discards.
Unfortunately someone (business) with $$$$$$$$$$$ that stands to lose $$$$$$$$$$$ will go to any length to make any trace of it disappear.
Aug 21, 2013 23:36:46 #
caknutsen wrote:
Unfortunately someone (business) with $$$$$$$$$$$ that stands to lose $$$$$$$$$$$ will go to any length to make any trace of it disappear.
You may be right but we can always hope. :thumbup:
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