Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil

[Chiefcrowe]

http://www.flixxy.com/convert-plastic-to-oil.htm

This seems pretty amazing!

 

[Locut0s]

Haven't looked at it yet but plastic is basically made from OIL to begin with so it's not surprising you could do that.

 

[Bateluer]

Taking bets on how long before he winds up dead under mysterious circumstances?

 

[ahenkel]

hmm its a lot like a distillery. Pretty cool

 

[ahenkel]

Taking bets on how long before he winds up dead under mysterious circumstances?

Just thought this.

 

[RPD]

Pretty cool, but just how much energy is the machine using to heat up the plastic? I'm just curious how efficient it is. But the fact you can put anything in there and it seems pretty simple is awesome.

 

[Malak]

I didn't bother clicking the link. Does it actually say he invented converting plastic to oil recently? Because that would be absolutely retarded, since converting plastic to oil has been around for years.

 

[ahenkel]

Its not that he invented plastic to oil conversion, he just slimmed the process down to a relatively small size. It'll convert a kilo of plastic to liter of oil, or more. It costs about .20 cents per kilo. The device costs about $9500

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

It's called reverse engineering.

 

[theflyingpig]

Haven't looked at it yet but plastic is basically made from OIL to begin with so it's not surprising you could do that.

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[thepd7]

Pretty cool, but just how much energy is the machine using to heat up the plastic? I'm just curious how efficient it is. But the fact you can put anything in there and it seems pretty simple is awesome.

valid point but all you have to do is make it solar powered and send it to developing countries.

Very cool invention, hopefully it takes off.

 

[Paperdoc]

The article claims that 1 Kg of plastic produces 1 litre of "oil" worth $1.50, and it only costs $0.20 worth or electricity. Well, $1.50 per litre works out to $238 per barrel (42 USG), about 3 to 4 times the going price for high-quality crude oil. And I can assure you that the "oil" this device produces is NOT identical to a finished lubricating oil you could actually sell for $1.50 in a gas station.

So, the energy cost of 20 cents to produce a product that MAY be worth 50 cents or less. Now, how about the cost of the original equipment? And the cost of acquiring and sorting the waste plastic to feed into the machine? Add in other costs. Does this still look like economically viable?

I'm not saying this is a lousy idea. It's one of many versions of how to recover plastics and convert them into useful materials, rather than landfilling them. But the article is so far from the real world it qualifies as a "fluff piece", not news.

 

[Cattlegod]

seems to me it makes more sense to melt/reuse the plastic into new plastic and not convert existing oil into plastic.

 

[Crusty]

Why not just make less plastic to begin with...? Seems awfully wasteful to convert oil to plastic and then back to oil...

 

[ViviTheMage]

The article claims that 1 Kg of plastic produces 1 litre of "oil" worth $1.50, and it only costs $0.20 worth or electricity. Well, $1.50 per litre works out to $238 per barrel (42 USG), about 3 to 4 times the going price for high-quality crude oil. And I can assure you that the "oil" this device produces is NOT identical to a finished lubricating oil you could actually sell for $1.50 in a gas station.

So, the energy cost of 20 cents to produce a product that MAY be worth 50 cents or less. Now, how about the cost of the original equipment? And the cost of acquiring and sorting the waste plastic to feed into the machine? Add in other costs. Does this still look like economically viable?

I'm not saying this is a lousy idea. It's one of many versions of how to recover plastics and convert them into useful materials, rather than landfilling them. But the article is so far from the real world it qualifies as a "fluff piece", not news.

I think your missing something here ... he wanted to get plastic out of landfills.

 

[destrekor]

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Woah. That's a great idea. I also want this.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

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[SP33Demon]

http://www.flixxy.com/plastic-to-oil-brochure.pdf

They also sell a machine that will refine that oil to kerosene, gasoline, and diesel you could put in your car. If it's cost effective, that's pretty awesome. Cities and towns could really cut back on their fuel costs.

 

[Saint Nick]

I love the brochure. So much Engrish.