Possibly the cost of energy to heat the plastic. But at some point that cost is mitigated by the environmental benefit. Many could argue that that point happened some time ago.
The cynic might point to destabilising the oil cartels and the general world economy underpinned by oil.
Funny you bring up patents. It's seems we already live in world fearful of the darn things.
Still, great video, and kudos to the folk who developed it. I really like the fact that the thing is so small and easily portable; killer feature.
From the description of the video: "The Japanese company Blest has developed one of the smallest and safest oil-to-plastic conversion machines out on the market today."
They say: "System capacity can range from 200 tons to 400 tons of plastic wastes processed per month. Overall plant capacity can be easily scaled up by adding additional modules."
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Possibly the cost of energy to heat the plastic. But at some point that cost is mitigated by the environmental benefit. Many could argue that that point happened some time ago.
The cynic might point to destabilising the oil cartels and the general world economy underpinned by oil.
Funny you bring up patents. It's seems we already live in world fearful of the darn things.
Still, great video, and kudos to the folk who developed it. I really like the fact that the thing is so small and easily portable; killer feature.
I wonder if it being small is a problem. Converting some plastic to some oil is pretty nice, but does it scale? I have no idea
From the description of the video: "The Japanese company Blest has developed one of the smallest and safest oil-to-plastic conversion machines out on the market today."
The first hit on Google for "Plastic to Oil" is http://www.polymerenergy.com/
They say: "System capacity can range from 200 tons to 400 tons of plastic wastes processed per month. Overall plant capacity can be easily scaled up by adding additional modules."