Japanese man creates machine that converts plastic to oil
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:42 am
by Squirt
Re: Japanese man creates machine that converts plastic to oil
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:32 am
by TheDrop
Impressive.
If this thing becomes more known in the US, the guy could become a billionaire.
Re: Japanese man creates machine that converts plastic to oil
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:48 am
by Goseki
Only reason i see holding him back is energy cost on a mass level. It's prob not that much on his small machine used for demonstration, but what about mass production level. Will the energy return from plastic->oil be greater than the energy to run the machine, ie: melting massive amounts of plastic as well as the purification steps to get gasoline.
Re: Japanese man creates machine that converts plastic to oil
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:05 am
by dom
Goseki wrote:Only reason i see holding him back is energy cost on a mass level. It's prob not that much on his small machine used for demonstration, but what about mass production level. Will the energy return from plastic->oil be greater than the energy to run the machine, ie: melting massive amounts of plastic as well as the purification steps to get gasoline.
Yes, as per the original article posted on digg.
Not to mention it would be easy to use geothermal/solar/nuclear