What If We Turned Plastic Into Fuel?
Plastic production is predicted to keep skyrocketing in the next ten years, and our planet is going to pay the price. But, with all that plastic being made, is it possible we could do some good with it? What if we were to use all that plastic and convert it into fuel? Could our cars run on fuel created from plastic? Could we live in plastic fueled homes?
How could we convert plastic into fuel? Would it help us? And could there be a downside?
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@gren7061
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
im here after the tiktok inventor
@Jhns_wf_
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Ambatakamaighhhhh
@An_ony_mous
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Plastics like LDPE, HDPE, PP are suitable to become fuels because they contain only carbon and hydrogen chains.
@youneszreika
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Need there be more blood sweat and tears from the suffering of oil based petrol manufacturers, if that wasn't enough to persuade them to fight this kind of thing .
Petrol companies will literal kill double or triple the amount of people they already do to counter this kind of future movement.
@ianquadros6802
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
1:13
@william1863
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
WHY IN THE HELL DIDN'T THEY DO THIS BEFORE ?????? PLASTIC IS MUCH WORSE THAN POLUTING THE DAMB ENVIRONMENT!!!!!! WHAT JERKS THAT HAD STOPPED IT FROM TURNING IT INTO FUEL !!!! WE HAVE LOST MANY ANIMALS AND FISH FROM PLASTIC AND NOW ITS EVEN IN OUR OWN BODIES !!!! ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE MORONS.
@SuperAbhi234
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
what if titan and europa orbited the sun at the same distance as earth from the sun.
@saumilaggarwal5233
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
I don't understand the concept of cracking down the plastic because after all it is also using energy and the amount of fuel that you are generating is nothing in front of the energy utilized.
Correct I'm wrong
@SuperAbhi234
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Countries without fossil fuels can use it till they transition into renewable energy. This can give opec a run for its money.
@JC02official
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
I don't think it's a good idea. People made products that contain CFCs, which is a cause of the ozone hole. We will not know whether or not this type of fuel will harm the planet and in what way can it harm us.
@diymicha2
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Stupidity beyond belief: BECAUSE PHYSICS! NOT burning crude oil products at all is the only way to survive. Plastic to fuel just shifts the problem to the future of our children with the huge disadvantage of wasting even more energy to get the same result. Instead burning plastics we need to find a way to recycle them to near 100% with the help of renewable energy. Meaning producing nearly 100% recyclable plastics in the first place. E.g. polyethylene and polyester.
@dlsdaddy7711
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Plastic is toxic
@dlsdaddy7711
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Stupid idea
@imhotashell9459
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
I just comment so it has 1k comment
@gjkyt5547
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Good video
@scarletlikesbirds
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
1000th comment lol
@hillaryclinton2415
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
What if fascists didn't have covid?
@badreality2
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
@ 4:32
You do realize nuclear fuel is the way to go, right?
@badreality2
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
This is feasible, if used in conjuction with a nuclear power plant.
…that way you aren't burning fuel, to create fuel.
@mondaymotivation7803
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
I heard a bacteria eating plastic. So can we use them?
@footsmashingwierdo
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Conveniently leaving out the fact that doing this would release all of the carbon in those plastics into the atmosphere and contribute further to global warming, while simultaneously claiming that it would be "Good for the environment" is both negligent and unethical. Burning fossil fuels for energy contributes to global warming. Turning fossil fuels into plastic contributes to global warming. Turning those plastics into fuel requires energy that likely comes from fossil fuels, and contributes to global warming. And burning those fuels made from plastics that were made from fossil fuels to create energy **contributes to global warming**
This doesn't fix any problems and it doesn't reduce pollution, it just moves it from somewhere we can see it to somewhere that we can't, using the things that caused the problem in the first place to do it, increasing demand for those things and perpetuating the problem further. Intentionally or not, This video is contributing to the misinformation campaign that giants in the fossil fuel industry have been propigating for decades.
@deepchandsharma1
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
What if we turn all the plastic in the world to make roads.
@izumihanagata1148
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Is it safer and cheaper ?
@izumihanagata1148
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Does fuel from plastics safe for our environment ?
@niconics
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
companies: "let's invest on turning plastic-to-fuel because its good for the environment!"
CO2 emissions: StOnKs
*many forget that plastics come from fossil fuels and burning them worsens the problem.
@chairshema
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
What if Elon Musk use his space x to lunch Earth garbage into the sun or in outer space every year?
@Volkyno
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Normally i was collecting my trash wich can burn in 60 liters bags. Everything like plastic wraps, used paper and cardboard, rubber, etc… 🔥
In the winter i was burning those bags mixed with wood to heat my house. ❄
The chimney is charging up pretty fast from the plastics but for me was like a energy recovery. 🚮🔄🔥
Now i wonder if i can use those mixed bags in this type of installation or this works only with plastic? 🤔
@BigRandomEyebagWaggerYo
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Actually this is what I'm thinking for a long time. The problem is I'm not that equipped to do that. 😶😕😬😒
@antoninorex5857
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Not enough PETROLEUM??? Then how are all these videos making homemade Petrol Providing enough for themselves???
@jecjec6249
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
What if plastic didn't exist?
@bigbrain4729
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
thanks to india
@sandystorm7936
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 pm
What if China wasn’t there
The there will be no virus
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