"Burning plastic is a great idea!" --No one who has ever been near burning plastic.
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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Only one way to find out!
Killing them for fuel is too humane a punishment. We should put them in a hamster wheel instead.
Too humane. How about a hamster wheel with electrified nipple clamps attached to the roof. Whenever they slow down, they get electrocuted. Whenever they move too much, their nipples get tugged on.
"in error"
Also known as: "Someone higher up took a bribe or inserted personal politics into a government agency and we got caught doing nothing about it. "
The only plus from this approach is that it is using already extracted petroleum products to create energy instead of pulling out new carbon sources from the ground. But like others have said, burning plastics is nasty, and would require a huge proof of concept that the emissions are low and not dangerous. Which I guess they skipped over.
Pyrolysis sounds really cool in theory but in practice it's wasteful, produces lower quality fuel that is harder to refine, and contains a ton of benzene.
There's a dude on youtube making one of these in his backyard, basically a speed run to turn his house into a superfund site. I have no idea how people can see burnt plastic as a "green" alternative.
The EPA gave a Chevron refinery in Mississippi the green light to make the chemicals in 2022 under a “climate-friendly” initiative intended to boost alternatives to petroleum
Climate friendly alternative to petrol is burning plastic based fuel? Plastic is made from fuel, yes? This is ludicrous
“Tackling our nation’s climate crisis is a comprehensive and collaborative effort across all of EPA,” said Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff.
“Using sound science to streamline the review of more environmentally friendly chemical substitutes will help advance the Agency’s climate goals and protect human health and the environment.”
I don't know much about this persons affiliation but she sounds like every corporate meeting ever, and anytime i see "sound science" i think climate change denier.
Really she's a chemist and that's her expertise so how the F can she be an expert in chemicals and think burning plastic was ok?
Guess we can't expect sanity from any US dept any longer
Chevron's Lawyer: "You see, the deaths are a feature, not a flaw. That's what makes this fuel carbon neutral."