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Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel
« on: April 12, 2017, 05:38:44 pm »
Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel

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    April 3, 2017
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    American Chemical Society
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    Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world's oceans. Now, an organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable diesel fuel with a small mobile reactor that could operate on land or at sea.
 
 

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403083052.htm
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Re: Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2017, 06:26:48 pm »
It does not say one word about the economics of the system, which leads me to believe the diesel it makes is incredibly expensive. Which in turn means it won't work without a subsidy of some kind to make it competitive with diesel refined directly from oil.
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Re: Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2017, 06:32:24 pm »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on April 12, 2017, 06:26:48 pm
It does not say one word about the economics of the system, which leads me to believe the diesel it makes is incredibly expensive. Which in turn means it won't work without a subsidy of some kind to make it competitive with diesel refined directly from oil.

All true....but..... you gotta start somewhere, some time.  It could (possibly) lead to a future source of cheaper fuel..... ie making use of trash/garbage for energy.  Why couldn't the project rely on private donations/investments? 
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Re: Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2017, 06:36:15 pm »
I like this idea.

And I like the idea of private funding.



I also think people who throw plastics in the water are big fat ugly jerks.




But maybe that's just me.......    :shrug:
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Re: Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2017, 01:50:48 pm »
As I have said before, I do not mind spending money on research, but then if the process will actually work, then some cronycrats start pressuring for federal money to "commercialize" it, meaning subsidies to build and operate units so they can build their little empires (and Swiss bank accounts). If no private money is willing to chase it, then let it die. The use of borrowed federal funds has got to stop, and stop now. Debt has reached well past insane levels.
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Re: Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2017, 02:08:49 pm »
We took a cruise to Cozumel out of Florida and could not believe the amount of trash we saw in the ocean 7-8 miles from the US and same with Mexico. Saw some out in open water but near land it was sickening. Looked like a trash dump
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