"Computer burp, sorry!!!"
Three in a row? More like hiccups, lol.
But, back to the content of your reply, if 85% of the fuel output of this process remains, with only 15% being used to power the thermal depolymerization process, what, then, is the hangup? It does sound tremendously appealing, from both a waste disposal and an alternative fuel source perspective. Is this the one that also creates carbon black? I may be confusing competing efforts ... come to think of it, it is different; that involved used tires.
But, what are the byproducts, other than fuel(s)? The equipment must be hideously expensive, otherwise, this would be in more widespread testing by now.
Large high pressure vessels operated at high temp...pricey.
Read my linked article if you want to know about the process. The pilot plant was claiming $15/barrel hoping production to go to $7.
$80 was a bit much so the company was either scamming for investors or had rosey predictions on scaleability.
It does make oil from organics, it is just the cost that is prohibitive.
DK