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Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil

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birdshake
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Aug 21 2010 10:44PM
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1337
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you do know plastic is made out of petroleum byproducts right?
Aug 21 2010 10:46PM
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SteezyOhio
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Score now we just need to convert Oil into Gas
Aug 21 2010 10:46PM
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frp1080
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what is that common knowledge? fuckin nerd dick
Aug 21 2010 10:47PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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EXACTLY
Aug 21 2010 10:49PM
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birdshake
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if you watched the video it shows he did just that.
Aug 21 2010 10:49PM
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matt.s
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wow. cool. this will change a lot of things
Aug 21 2010 10:50PM
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matt.s
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woo 800 posts!
Aug 21 2010 10:50PM
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Arabian.
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This man just created the future.
Aug 21 2010 10:50PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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are you a fuckin ass???
Aug 21 2010 10:50PM
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Mooserz
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I want one
Aug 21 2010 10:51PM
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1337
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I was pretty sure that someone would be like OMG MAJIK!!1!ONE!! UNLIMITED OIL NOW WE"RE SAVED!!!!1!!!

Aug 21 2010 10:53PM
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inb4_UMAD
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that was pretty damn cool
Aug 21 2010 10:56PM
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*monsterskier*
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that's pretty cool, America should def. get one
Aug 21 2010 11:17PM
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1080bio
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Its pretty cool, but I bet there are several reasons it has not taken off. Not to be a debby downer but the amount of energy (CO2 emissions from a power plant) needed to boil the plastic likely exceed the amount of fuel created. Still cool though.
Aug 21 2010 11:19PM
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SteezyOhio
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besides the fact that like 90% of plastic is recyclable....
Aug 21 2010 11:21PM
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1080bio
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You may think you are recycling but half the time your not. Depending on the price of oil and several other factors it is sometimes cheaper for a plant to make fresh plastic instead of recycled. When that happens your "recycling" gets shredded and put in a landfill.


ps im full of good news in this thread.
Aug 21 2010 11:26PM
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birdshake
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good call
most plastic is shipped to china and melted down into mundane items like plant trays.
Aug 21 2010 11:28PM
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mitsonx2
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wtf haha
Aug 22 2010 1:19AM
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skiierman
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nothing will happen. another david blaine trick.
Aug 22 2010 1:34AM
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1337
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If skiierman declared this bogus technology, then it must suck
Aug 22 2010 1:37AM
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popNfresh44
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Is it really that simple? gaseous plastic = oil? There must be more to it...but this is the start of something very good...I want to look further into this.
Aug 22 2010 1:48AM
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