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How do you get 2.7kg of carbon by burning 1kg of plastic? Am I thinking too simplistically about that? Also he's currently using industrial plastic chips, high
by Neil44 3y ago
How do you get 2.7kg of carbon by burning 1kg of plastic? Am I thinking too simplistically about that?
Also he's currently using industrial plastic chips, high quality homogeneous material, if you were using plastic garbage you then run into contaminants, full bottles of whatever, labels, glues different types of plastic - not all plastics will liqify etc etc etc.
Well done for the proof of concept though.
- wkat4242 3y agoWhen you burn it the oxygen gets bound to it so the CO2 weight is higher. It does sound like a lot though yes Edit: Like bruce343434 said below it is right: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38994147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38994147
- euroderf 3y agoSo what is the volume of that 2.7kg of CO2 at STP ? People in general might be more conscious of greenhouse emissions if they could visualise them. "So you're saying that when I go thru a tank of gasoline, the CO2 could fill HOW many football stadiums ?!"
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