<story><title>Plastic to Oil – Produces 80% Oil</title><url>https://blest.co.jp/eng/service/be-h/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>generalizations</author><text>I remember nearly two decades ago a PopSci article about some guy who figured out how to use microwaves to convert plastic (any hydrocarbon) into oil and natural gas. More than enough to break even. He was converting tires and waste plastic.&lt;p&gt;Nothing ever came of it - IIRC, ownership disputes with the partner, and eventually the patent got purchased by some random company and blackholed.&lt;p&gt;Edit: found a source. Better than popsci. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newscientist.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;dn12141-giant-microwave-turns-plastic-back-to-oil&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newscientist.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;dn12141-giant-microwave...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>numlocked</author><text>If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investorshub.advfn.com&amp;#x2F;boards&amp;#x2F;read_msg.aspx?message_id=93867748&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investorshub.advfn.com&amp;#x2F;boards&amp;#x2F;read_msg.aspx?message_...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: more context: the “inventor” is Frank Pringle who &lt;i&gt;appears&lt;/i&gt; to have invented a number of too-good-to-be-true gizmos, including one for weight loss.&lt;p&gt;Edit 2: also he claimed to cure cancer with microwaves (the same year as the oil producing microwaves): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.biospace.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;releases&amp;#x2F;-b-global-resource-corp-b-files-patents-to-treat-cancerous-tumors-with-its-microwave-technology-expanding-the-scope-of-its-revolutionary-microwave&amp;#x2F;?s=61&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.biospace.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;releases&amp;#x2F;-b-global-resource...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Plastic to Oil – Produces 80% Oil</title><url>https://blest.co.jp/eng/service/be-h/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>generalizations</author><text>I remember nearly two decades ago a PopSci article about some guy who figured out how to use microwaves to convert plastic (any hydrocarbon) into oil and natural gas. More than enough to break even. He was converting tires and waste plastic.&lt;p&gt;Nothing ever came of it - IIRC, ownership disputes with the partner, and eventually the patent got purchased by some random company and blackholed.&lt;p&gt;Edit: found a source. Better than popsci. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newscientist.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;dn12141-giant-microwave-turns-plastic-back-to-oil&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newscientist.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;dn12141-giant-microwave...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jp57</author><text>Shouldn&amp;#x27;t it be almost out of patent by now?</text></comment>