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Re:Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving... by Gatsky on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @12:31AM (#14305929)
No mention of the carbon footprint of this thing.
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Re:Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving... by DamonHD on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:02AM (#14307279)
In principle negative by one measure since you are recovering energy (embedded in the outputs, possibly to then be used as fuel) if done well.
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Re:Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving... by roywiggins on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @10:46AM (#14308590)
If it runs on electricity, the carbon footprint will vary wildly with where the power comes from.
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