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What do y'all think of plastoline? Gas and Diesel made from plastic waste
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:38 am
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:38 am
I've beeb watching this guys videos. He travels the country showing off his inventions. Uses solar to power magnetrons that get the oil back out if plastic. Claims his diesel is cleaner than pump diesel and his gas is over 100 octane.
What i don't get is if true why isn't this being done on a larger scale?
What i don't get is if true why isn't this being done on a larger scale?
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:41 am to Napoleon
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What i don't get is if true why isn't this being done on a larger scale?
It has been done for decades.
Far too expensive to do at any kind of scale compared to traditional gasoline.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:42 am to Napoleon
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What i don't get is if true why isn't this being done on a larger scale?
Energy gained is lower than energy expended
My thoughts would be to roll this out at scale once we have nuclear fusion and start recycling landfills.
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 7:43 am
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:43 am to Napoleon
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What do y'all think of plastoline?
Stupid idea
Doesn't deserve much consideration
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:48 am to Powerman
What else can we do with plastic waste? Keep burying it?
He's powering his reactor with solar.
He's powering his reactor with solar.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:51 am to Napoleon
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He's powering his reactor with solar
Imagine an entire Power plant buring natural gas to recharge one electric car.
It isn't to that level but that is the gist. He can harness a lot of solar to refine a little plastic.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:51 am to Napoleon
Is this the young king that keeps showing up on Instagram when the algorithm accidentally feeds me hotep content?
First of all he didn’t invent it the concept has been around for more than 30 years second of all it’s really inefficient because you gotta heat it up really really hot
Oil is an unlimited resource. It just comes out the ground. Look up abiotic oil theory
First of all he didn’t invent it the concept has been around for more than 30 years second of all it’s really inefficient because you gotta heat it up really really hot
Oil is an unlimited resource. It just comes out the ground. Look up abiotic oil theory
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:54 am to Napoleon
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plastoline
Is the diesel version called pliesel?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:55 am to Napoleon
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What else can we do with plastic waste? Keep burying it?
I mean technically they can melt it down to something else and use it over and over again but that is also really inefficient because you have to sort it, ship it, then melt it
The most efficient disposal would be a high heat burner in every house that you could put trash in that wasn’t glass
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:55 am to bad93ex
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Energy gained is lower than energy expended
As is true of every alternative fuel
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:57 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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As is true of every alternative fuel
Hydro? Nuclear?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:01 am to Napoleon
Someone on here did that for fun. It wasn't worthwhile for saving money.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:01 am to el Gaucho
With plasticine porters, with looking glass styes.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:08 am to Napoleon
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What else can we do with plastic waste?
Where I live, the city recycles every type of plastic. They have to be sending it to somebody for some reason. Even those ugly plastic Walmart bags are taken.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:11 am to bad93ex
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Energy gained is lower than energy expended
I wonder if the energy losses are worth the volume reduction of converting a waste product into another usable resource?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:11 am to Napoleon
Not trying to sound like some tree hugging hippie and idk anything about this type of stuff but Wouldn’t the fumes from that be very toxic?
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 8:12 am
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:15 am to Napoleon
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What i don't get is if true why isn't this being done on a larger scale?
Because it isn't true, just a scammer thst fleeces the local community for donations. What he's doing is no different than the video of people in India operating big chambers to pyrolyze old tires and plastic waste, he may not be buring scrap wood and plastics to produce the heat needed but he's inputting way more energy than he's getting in return and damn sure isn't running it off his PV array like he claims. If it was a truly viable method for recycling plastics then it would be in widespread use, but it's an engery-intensivr process that requires very clean feedstocks to make anything suitable and you are still left with solid waste that needs to be dealt with.
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 9:46 am
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:17 am to Napoleon
I wonder what level of VOCs are being generated by this.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:18 am to el Gaucho
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I mean technically they can melt it down to something else and use it over and over again
No, plastic (like glass and paper) loses its mechanical properties when recycled. It has limited use as a feedstock for recycling, unlike metals which are infinitely recyclable.
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