I wrote:

> Even now they make oil from organic waste with depolymerization.
>

Note that this has a negative cost. They pay you to take the raw materials.
For example, a turkey processing plant paid someone to set up a small
depolymerization to convert the waste into high grade oil.

It is surprising how many goods and services can be profitable on both
ends. That is, someone pays you to take the input, and someone else pays
you for the output. One company's waste is another company's valuable raw
material.

A problem arises when an industry succeeds too well. Then, the raw material
they pay you to take becomes valuable, and they start to charge you instead.

The Internet has greatly expanded the market for waste materials that were
formerly disposed of. It does this by connecting companies to one another.
Previously, someone who wanted tons of turkey guts might not know where to
find them.

- Jed

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