Making the world a better place

We as a species have some problems. We're dependent on gasoline and oil. We're running out of gasoline and oil. We like things made out of plastic. Plastic is also made out of oil. We like to throw our plastic things away. Plastic does not decompose. Thus, 100 million tons of our plastic that's made out of oil is now circling lazily in the middle of the Pacific. So what can we do about it? Well, here's a thought, searching the internet, I found 2 ways to convert plastic to oil. There's Thermal_depolymerization A neat little process that's currently turning lots of turkey parts into sweet crude oil. There's also this neat giant microwave thingy that is supposed to do the same thing. Now, if you were to take a giant oil tanker, strap on a giant dredge pump to suck the plastic into one of it's holds, and then stick one of these two types of conversion methods on the top, you could theoretically sail out in to the pacific, suck up all this plastic, and sell the oil for a nice profit. After start up costs, and basic necessities (food, water, etc.) for the crew of the boat. I would imagine the rest would be pure profit, plus, you'd be making the world a cleaner place! I haven't done any numbers yet, but it really seems like the perfect solution. We'd clean up the pacific. Doing so would pay for itself, you wouldn't need to transport much except the oil you're turning the plastic into which could probably also be used to drive your ship. Plus, this could easily scale up to multiple ships. I'm almost tempted to figure out how to write this up as a proposal and go seeking funding. Except for the fact that I don't know how to do that. And I really don't have the time or money to take off work and go flying out to where ever the money is. And I have no management skills. But I hope someone sees this and runs with it.



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