Is Vitroleum too good to be true?

[jayman]

Vitroleum is too good to be true, that should be obvious. Nothing wrong with turning a waste product, like offal, into a synthetic crude or synthetic fuel. Beats dumping the stinky mess into a landfill. But don't expect it to displace more than a tiny fraction of our current oil need

[dogfriend]

I would like to see someone come up with an economical process to convert PE plastic bags (like you get at WalMart, et. al.) into fuel. Preferably this process could be done at home in a relatively safe manner. I have way too many of those f'ing plastic bags.

[dragonfly]

Originally Posted by dogfriend

I would like to see someone come up with an economical process to convert PE plastic bags (like you get at WalMart, et. al.) into fuel. Preferably this process could be done at home in a relatively safe manner. I have way too many of those f'ing plastic bags.

There is. It's a revolutionary method called called plasticeum refining. With this method, you can turn one ounce of plastic bags into 5 liters of crude-gas. The black color is proof that it is crude. The floating around in the air is proof that it is gas. The method leaves behind a compact residue that can be used as compost. My tomatoes won first prize at the county fair last year, grown in nothing but crude-solids. When I tell people about it though they call me a liar.

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by dogfriend

I would like to see someone come up with an economical process to convert PE plastic bags (like you get at WalMart, et. al.) into fuel. Preferably this process could be done at home in a relatively safe manner. I have way too many of those f'ing plastic bags.

This is easily solved. Take reusable bags when you go shopping. It's simple, cheap, and something you can do right now to help make a difference.

Tom

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by qbee42

This is easily solved. Take reusable bags when you go shopping. It's simple, cheap, and something you can do right now to help make a difference.

Tom

Yes, I know. I have some reusable bags, but often forget them in the car. Old habits die hard. Plus, I'm looking at this as a "free" source of fuel; you can get those bags for freeeeeeeeeee..........

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by dragonfly

It's a revolutionary method called called plasticeum refining.

A Google search came up with no results. Do you have any links or other info?

[tripp]

dragonfly's putting you on, mate.

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by tripp

dragonfly's putting you on, mate.

Yes, I expected so, but I wanted to believe.

Sort of like how the Ford Explorer people I know want to believe in HHO.

[dogfriend]

Getting back to the plastic bag problem - I understand that you should refuse the plastic bags that every store is pushing and use cloth (or otherwise reuseable) bags, but unfortunately, virtually all of the stores are pushing these things at you like some kind of plastic meth dealer.

I recycle all of the plastic bags we accumulate by taking them back to the store (at least in Calif, the grocery stores will take them back) but it is kind of a pain and there is no guarantee that they still won't find their way out to the Pacific Trash Vortex.

My thought on this is if you could convert them into something useful, you could keep them out of the waste stream and give them some value so that people would be reluctant to throw them away. If the raw material was valueable enough, maybe it would be worth someone's while to go clean up all the plastic already floating out in the Pacific.

[tripp]

Yeah, I hear ya. What's HHO, BTW. LOL.

Stores here in Denvah are starting to hawk cloth bags and you get a $0.05 refund per bad that you don't use, so they even have an ROI. I've noticed more and more people walking into the store with bags in hand, which is a positive sign. Still, the bloody things are ubiquitous and, during the winter, it's not uncommon to see them flying like semaphore flags from the tops of trees.