> this solution is so obvious what every high school chemistry student proposes... At the risk of sounding flippant, "For every complex problem, there is a sol

> this solution is so obvious what every high school chemistry student proposes... At the risk of sounding flippant, "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, obvious, and wrong". There's no guarantees that the energy arithmetic works out here. Even without the logistics of collection and transport, is cleanly burning plastic waste efficient enough to be worthwhile (cf. why it's almost unheard of to use wood to generate power)?