Can I just do that and stop paying for gas for my car and boiler and generators for like electricity and stuff ?
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[That is real, here’s an article from chemical engineering news on one such plant that is that is being opened soon](https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/New-plastic-pyrolysis-capacity-planned/98/i27) and [here’s one in Japan that is already open](https://kleanindustries.com/waste-challenges-innovations/plastic-pyrolysis-recycling/spr-japan/) Note that neither actually produces gasoline, they produce a mix of hydrocarbons. The articles mention “pyrolysis”, which is to break down with heat and oxygen, but they would use carefully controlled temperature, pressure, and oxygen level, plus a catalyst. The catalyst may well be platinum. There are toxic byproducts, it is not a DIY job.
[You can DIY wood pyrolysis to run an internal combustion engine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm46KAPLZpQ), but you’re generally producing a fuel gas, rather than a liquid. It is possible to make liquid fuel from wood, but it tends to come out like something between tar and diesel, not gasoline.
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