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Plastic Waste in the Fuel Tank? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

submitted 2 years ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Consumer societies produce enough plastic waste to power at least 10% of motorized road traffic. Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx grabbed the opportunity and now drives his car on the plastic waste he collects.

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[–] peter@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Interesting idea, but as the article points out this pollutes quite a bit. I would have also thought that the contaminants on the plastic would damage your engine