Cool Collector # Earth Love Files

This is really a brilliant idea! A machine in your kitchen that converts plastic into oil!

The compact Blest machine simplifies the process to a "safe to use at home" degree. Claiming to be the safest, cleanest and most user-friendly form yet, inventor Akinori Ito's portable Blest machine converts plastic waste back into usable oil with just a temperature-controlling electric heater.

The fuel produced from the plastic conversion process can be put to use immediately for stoves and generators, or can be further refined to be used as gasoline to power vehicles. While the end product still involves the burning of fossil fuels (and therefore damage to the environment) by converting the plastic back into oil as opposed to burning or dumping it, there is an massive overall net loss in the amount of C02 released into the environment. Another impressive benefit, by producing your own fuel locally you remove the carbon footprint that comes from transporting petroleum from distant countries.

The current tabletop model can convert one kilo of plastic into one liter of oil, and can sells from Blest for $9,500. A little expensive for most consumers, but in the future this machine might be as normal in the kitchen as a coffee machine! Let’s hope so…

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