High Capacity Plastic to Fuel Run - Result!⛽️👊

[@Ashley_Schaeffer]

This is awesome! The ideal weight to power ratio will be key in optimizing this process! All the best!

[@CWHolleman]

No. No it wont.

[@Ashley_Schaeffer]

@ Jackass…

[@peterjoseph2803]

☆☆☆☆☆

[@1987FX16]

@@Ashley_Schaeffer OP really delete all my comments...

[@keithrich2761]

"How big of loads can it fit in its mouth"😂😂😂😂

[@stilespoole6520]

I hope the oil company don’t kill this kid. I guarantee he’s being monitored. You need to make sure he do nothing illegal

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

​​@@stilespoole6520 Lmfao you're adorable 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rodgersmakaza]

😂

[@lmuganl]

​@@stilespoole6520 Breaking plastic down like this isn't new. We don't do it for a reason. It's toxic and inefficient.

[@M.V.P23]

@@lmuganl I guess you didn't watch the video with your Goofy comment.

[@hairy4420]

We need to protect this man at all costs ! Doing gods work!

[@leob66]

This is a known process. He is not creating anything new. It’s cool he is doing it for content. You can do it with tires as well somewhat different but you can make fuel.

[@knockda887]

Hateraid much

[@TopNotchCreamQueen]

You sound like a border line hater 🙄

[@LightNoise_]

He drove a car on it more than you can do

[@espanaeslamadrepatria4042]

@@LightNoise_Should we be impressed by him breathing in Benzene and other Benzene containing compounds that is in that fuel? I mean all the power to him I guess since I have a morbid curiosity to see what different chemicals do to people but he’s literally contaminating his neighborhood with his waste since he’s definitely not disposing correctly.

[@Electedsphinx40]

​@@espanaeslamadrepatria4042he is on private property in rural Alabama, no longer in a urban backyard. so there's that

[@Sonic-gy7kq]

I love seeing this dudes work. It’s inspiring and awesome.

[@Hdoggy447]

It’s outdated and dangerous your applauding the equivalent to a crack head making crystal out of mugs and plastic bottles it’s not impressive it’s stupid and dangerous especially when it’s old news back in the 80s this was ground breaking today it’s a way for him to hustle his fans for money

[@FDroid01]

Could this larger-than-expected result be diluted with some of the water from the wet plastic?

[@X_Woods]

Probably. They didn't measure the final product (or at least didn't share the results), so we don't really have any basis to know if the claim has even the slightest validity. Half a gallon of 99% crude fuel, and a gallon of say 30%(?) is no where near the efficiency that threatens the current processes. Even if this was 51% crude fuel, I don't believe that'd convince most plants to pivot to new processes, because it still adds a whole new step to separate the fuel from the impurities which would likely cost more than the 2% advantage @ scale. Not saying I don't hope he gets there... That said, I don't think someone will find a more efficient process by trying to make a more efficient process. I would hope they pivot harder to solving plastics recycling, and discover a direct application to plastic wastes, rather than forcing the product to be something it wasn't ever meant to be. Chainsaws were made as a medical device. MRI were a by-product of reading our universe's history. Revolutionary products are almost never what they were intended to be. Necessity is the mother of invention, but curiosity is the father of ingenuity.

[@FDroid01]

@X_Woods aww yeah. 👍 Well said

[@sicalchemist2704]

Very cool the concept is great as we have way too much plastic and no way to get rid of it effectively. Problem is this process is using tons of energy from the grid which as I understand is at least 75% run by fossil fuels to produce a fossil fuel that will run a vehicle at maybe 40-50% thermal efficiency at best. Have you considered using alternative energy sources? Ive been working on doing something similar using concentrated solar reflectors to create a similar effect.

[@wilurbean]

His process makes a toxic fuel that's more toxic when burned, and it takes 30kWh of electricity to make 1kWh of unusable toxic fuel by his own reports. The "carbon", "fuel" and "gas" he's making are all extremely toxic and carcinogenic and likely mutagenic of there's anything like benzene or hydrazine in there. They're is no issue with storing used plastic indefinitely. Dig a big hole, line with cement, fill with plastic, and it will stay there for millenia indefinite.

[@killinit4x4]

This is awesome! But does the fuel, diesel and natural gas it produce offset the energy it consumes?

[@alexkhuri3967]

Of course not. This process does not net energy.

[@Deathbomb9]

I love what youre doing. Keep going, keep improving, keep learning and testing.

[@carlosrivera3890]

This gentleman's work is so impressive 👏 🙌. Blessings dude 🙏

[@gamerscomplete]

making youtube videos isnt impressive

[@derpclip]

This is all bs, he doesn't explain everything enough to actually know what's going on, he shows stuff but say exactly what's happening, he through some stuff together & just saying random shit, if it was legit he be dead. Lol

[@genericsocks7542]

Can you read instructions and put together a Lego? Congrats you can do what he did. This process is well known

[@1987FX16]

@@genericsocks7542 Bet you $20 the OP deletes my next comment because he's been censoring anyone who knows or questions what he's doing...Shady..

[@1987FX16]

@@genericsocks7542 He's not even following the instructions. He said in a video that 220c was REALLY hot for his machine. Everywhere I've googled says a minimal of 300c and a maximum of 900c is pyrolysis. Took 5 seconds Straight from Google "plastic pyrolysis temperature" - A "too low" temperature for plastic pyrolysis would generally be considered anything significantly below 400°C, as this range is where the optimal breakdown of plastic into usable liquid products occurs; at very low temperatures, the plastic might not decompose adequately, resulting in a high yield of heavy, viscous oils with limited value. Key points about plastic pyrolysis temperature: Ideal range: Most plastic pyrolysis processes operate between 400°C and 500°C to achieve a good balance of liquid fuel yield and quality. Low temperature effects: If the temperature is too low, the pyrolysis process will produce a higher proportion of heavy, unrefined oils, potentially requiring further processing to be useful. High temperature effects: Conversely, very high temperatures can lead to excessive gas production, reducing the liquid fuel yield and potentially creating unwanted byproducts

[@samuelhill2850]

It's an incinerator, it's been made before your not the first, they got the plans for one that even captures the smoke and filters it and the ash are made into black tile so everything encolved is recycled, the plans went to Springfield Missouri they are supposed to make a large one, I seen the small one dude it was crazy it reactor even create electricity this dude was native American but he was crazy smart, he is my buddies dad he's prolly in his 60s now

[@itisnot7671]

From this process -> unfiltered crude oil Also natural gasses guys -> can be used for cooking heating power applications. This process makes him w sources of fuel while taking an amount of power that doesnt cost him that much

[@DukeofSeastone]

Its not unfiltered crude oil...its like mostly benzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons guaranteed

[@p.f.changhimself4119]

You might be in gta VI as a random encounter lmao

[@Kevin-cg7qk]

i can totally see the mission. hyjack a recycling truck and deliver to my his backyard, without the cops seeing

[@master-anarkey]

​@@Kevin-cg7qk or like trying to steal a larger better power source or sum

[@Jaystro_texn]

@@Kevin-cg7qkthat would be cold 😂👌🏽

[@CWHolleman]

That would be extremely sad.

[@DLongRas47]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mrjharedtherosehoneythunderer]

this is why recycling plastic is a thing. also explains why plastic is toxic when touching food. its the solid versions of the liquid gasoline

[@nf4833]

This is not gasoline

[@wazza33racer]

Garage 54 channel made gassoline out of old car tyres in a retort. When they road tested their DIY fuel it was better in all metrics than regular pump gasoline.

[@brianregan1]

does this " Oil slash Fuel " have to be refined in order to use it for an automobile? a boat? for burning for heat?

[@johnathon007]

The only way this is ever going to be viable as a fuel source would be solar or wind power to refine it. Otherwise it takes more fuel than it produces. As a way to turn stationary power into chemical energy it should work fairly well though.

[@Magic-Conk]

I LOVE WHAT YOURE DOING! keep that curiousity cookin

[@BigCountrySo-CaL619]

How much energy do you have to use to get a gallon of your material?

[@SuperDave-vj9en]

Two gallons of fuel gets one gallon from plastic waste.

[@BigCountrySo-CaL619]

@@SuperDave-vj9en really?

[@BigCountrySo-CaL619]

@@SuperDave-vj9en how much time and material does it take just to get a gallon of this petroleum byproduct?

[@tandava-089]

@@BigCountrySo-CaL619 Thats almost certainly not the case. It is probably inefficient, but Im assuming theyre meaning one gallon of either base material, or refined(gas or byproduct from this reaction) I can almost categorically state that this persons assertion that you have to spend twice the fuel to yield half is just wrong by every metric, although the efficiency rating isnt probably great... If you have to spend .75gallons of refined product to refine enough product to make a gallon of refined, its not highly efficient. Still, the person who told you a 2 to 1 input is almost certainly wrong, if not outright lying

[@BigCountrySo-CaL619]

@@tandava-089 so are you able to answer the question then?

[@Wtfinc]

Maaan. U need wave guides and a tuned cavity and all magnetrons gotta be spaced out correctly. Also u need to add a polar molecule or make sure there is one that the microwaves can heat up. I just think it’s more efficient to burn the plastic outright in a jet furnace and use the steam to do work

[@irongunner-ov4nl]

What's the Efficiency and how much are you consuming and producing

[@stevenblackwell4903]

That's what I'm wondering. In short, can it run itself on the plastic that it consumes .

[@PWATR]

​@@stevenblackwell4903it can not

[@khaloood199]

Moonshine plastic 🎉

[@dildoshwagins2222]

I think that’s the best name for this moonshine petroleum

[@coreytripp9939]

idk why people are so against turning carbon into a different form of carbon to burn for fuel

[@MrJonathan7645]

This is what we should be doing instead of landfilling...

[@redeyedentertainment]

Yes, I agree

[@christophergreen6595]

Landfills do s similar thing... they cover it all with tarps and turf and collect methane as it all decomposes. My plant has a hardline to the local landfill.

[@leob66]

@@MrJonathan7645 to be honest some countries like South Korea burn it directly to create energy effectively by creating steam to turn a turbine just like nuclear create steam and natural gas create steam and coal and most energy sources. Burning trash can be clean fuel when done correctly. Landfills can have great outcomes but I would rather burn what we can energy

[@jordanfender7850]

If homeboy turns up dead in ab 6mo to a year. Let it be said here that it wasnt suicide.

[@elroyjennings7833]

I'm going to bet cancer.

[@supr_9661]

Cringe unoriginal comment used to farm likes. Jordan rethink your life choices

[@eh6971]

​@@elroyjennings7833 Or he'll be infertile.

[@CoolOkay_]

​@@supr_9661 ._.

[@333_louie9]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@supr_9661 cringe unoriginal comment used to farm likes☝️🤓

[@jeffcarey3045]

Ooh, a new way to add weird plastics to the atmosphere. Count me in!

[@dominic3147]

🤣🤣

[@Blandy929]

I would be curious to know how well this works with thermoset plastics that cant really be recycled and used as something else?

[@Juicebaboon.]

Keep it up man!!! You're an amazing human being❤️

[@sidscott6064]

How many gallons would you need to be energy neutral or positive. I’m just curious because I have always heard pyrolysis is too inefficient.

[@free-jm5io]

plastic pyrolysis uses more energy than it creates no matter the scale.

[@christophergreen6595]

It's more about beating market rates. From my understanding this technique COSTS over $500/barrel, current crude oil rates are are just over $100.

[@blaspemy5398]

@@free-jm5io I've seen it done with wood fire. You need a lot of wood but that'd be more efficient no?

[@tandava-089]

@@blaspemy5398 Less efficient but more renewable and abundant(and potentially less polluting, but thats circumstantial)

[@tandava-089]

I mean, the things people are ignoring is that this is this kid just practicing craft, getting familiar, and refining his skills and knowledge for small-scale and personal use cases. That said thats not a bad foundation to do more. Furthermore, refining plastic may be energy inefficient, but thats were things like nuclear come into play. All energy isnt the same Its form, and transmutability are wildly different, and that effects its use cases. Also, the idea that we have a shortage of energy.... It doesnt matter if this is energy inefficient, as long as the energy thats being used was energy that is easy to use for this but hard to use for anything else, and creates a product which is easy to transport and use in many use cases. If you were to scale this up, and feed it by some abundant energy source(nuclear, waste fuel, geothermal) you could run a large scale reaction that while energy inefficient leverages abundant energy in specific context to produce something that can be used as energy in a variety of methods and transported as needed conveniently(not to mention turning what otherwise would have been pollution into productive energy) Its not to say this is a perfect finished process, but theres also lots of room to take this further and make it actually useful and functional at scale

[@TXNKGAMER]

You're doing amazing work, just be careful bro

[@justheretowatch9451]

be carefl with what? this has been known for decades LOL. what a stupid comment

[@pod9363]

@@justheretowatch9451 needless aggression

[@the_one_and_carpool]

@@pod9363 how if this is old news you sound like a hater

[@j0j0kay]

fuck off. We already know plastic is made from oil lol

[@souljaboy.6668]

@@the_one_and_carpool your a child

[@thelonewrangler1008]

Nice work

[@markstuckless5039]

If i remember the wavelength is something like 3.5 cm??? and every node (2 per wavelength) will be where the heat is made. the more space you can fill up inside the reactor the more heat spots on plastic you will get.

[@gonzothawarrior]

I’m starting to wonder if , we should consider this more as a necessary way to get rid of waste because you are going to have a net loss no matter what but if it it comes from recyclable energies, I think that’s just a viable either way keep doing what you’re doing, my man

[@deathleopard4960]

the idea of sorting this trash on a large scale and the transportation is really what would make this non viable. not to mention a reactor like this puts off fairly toxic gases that are about as bad as the plastics sitting in the environment. So it really loses out on three separate fronts sadly between extra manpower in sorting, highly inefficient energy conversion and environmental impact.

[@1987FX16]

If it was a viable option it would be happening. But the pyrolysis process puts off toxic chemicals into the air. It is less chemicals than just burning the plastic, but it still off gasses into the environment. If we didn't care about air quality and are okay with smog like the early 80's in LA then this would be okay but (no offense) we don't want to end up with Delhi, Indias level of air quality.

[@PWATR]

​@deathleopard4960 what are you even Talking about? You could Teleport sorted trash into the machine and it would not be efficient.

[@deathleopard4960]

@PWATR it isn't talking about perfect efficiency it is talking about making it reasonable thing to do with the growing tons of plastics that sit unused which instead you can turn into essentially stored energy for types with unpredictable highs and lows like solar and wind.

[@1987FX16]

@@deathleopard4960 OP really delete all my comments...

[@Voyajer.]

How does it handle 3d printer scrap plastic like PLA, ASA, and PETG?

[@MsBELLE7]

So is that thing making gasoline for vehicles? I'm a bit confused tbh, but I've not seen any previous videos on this 😅

[@SirCocos]

No.. but it’s good recycled fuel

[@lmuganl]

​@@SirCocosnot good, toxic and will ruin an engine

[@SirCocos]

@@lmuganl I said “no..” to the question if it’s used for vehicles

[@Andrew-pd6ey]

I don't know exactly, but it's just breaking plastic into smaller hydrocarbons. You could potentially turn what it's dripping out into fuel, with refining. It would work as a regular fuel source.

[@TomTomTomTom538]

How much energy goes into processing the plastic, does it cost less energy than it produces?

[@jackrussell1960]

Did you built the reactor ..(& all the rest of machine.??)) OR did you buy it, already made..?..if you built it, do you have a video of build.??

[@lovingmybaby9530]

You obviously do not watch his videos yet you expect him to respond to your questions which have already been answered in his previous videos - Research yourself and find out but no, you want answers delivered on a plate. Don't be one of them!

[@freshybowl]

How much fuel did you use to make that fuel

[@donovanwallace1449]

The idea of using wind or solar to create a secure stable fuel source for maybe winter is real good.

[@stunt-]

This is so great man👏👏👏👏 how far youve come

[@theangrygamer1232]

Just becareful man qas worried about you after you git burned last time please stay safe your an inspiration to a lot of young people interested in science aswell

[@MANoutnumbered421]

Yes but how much energy was used to make 1 lawnmower full of fuel??? Also how clean is the fuel??? It doesn't look like a carb will like it very much!!!

[@1987FX16]

30KW for 1 gallon? Doesn't sound very efficient.

[@DylanSmith-o9p]

Is that aerogel covering everything external, or am I stunned??

[@price8314]

Nice bro, master this and bring it mainstream!!

[@dwang552]

It is more efficient to melt the plastics and turn it into something useful.

[@texasranchadventures]

I can’t help but notice that your device is on dirt and gravel. All that waste that falls out of your machine is potentially draining off into the water table. 😢

[@TurkeyPartytime]

Any chance I can safely build one of these at home ?

[@mikemizery1801]

your the man i’d love to talk to you regarding starting my own setup

[@ATHFTHEONE]

Well.... Let's hope he doesn't get on a plane anytime soon.

[@the_one_and_carpool]

for what old news

[@pennyandluckpokerclub]

This really is cool, dude. We love the process videos. Keep it up!

[@KL-yt8hz]

Are tis runs making a profit?

[@taderdoyal2743]

What would happen if styrofoam was used in the fuel making process?

[@DaKoler]

dunno bout the outcome of the fuel but it would be a waste of space because of how low density in material styrofoam is

[@taderdoyal2743]

@ makes sense

[@frankereno6227]

does it smell like gasoline?? if not describe the vapors

[@Illuminati300]

We need more kids like this, and less kids wanting to be gangsters

[@justinperry3791]

Like fuel fuel like fuel for ur car??

[@MajorAcid]

somebody give this guy a Nobel

[@nf4833]

For what doing a process that’s been around since 1875-1877?

[@oedhelsetren]

How much toxic fumes did you realease?

[@justinhockstead3551]

None. He collects the gas because it's also flammable

[@McMercenary3601]

not nearly as many toxic fumes as comes from your pink ass hair

[@yannyyansen9743]

REAL EYES REALIZE REAL LIES

[@nf4833]

All of them

[@elveezy34]

That distiller looks amazing now keep it up

[@OohPieceofcandydude]

what happens when you deflect interest for the sanctity of being worth something? I wonder how many people you'd have to turn away before it becomes a competition.

[@edzbigornia7370]

Now if this was solar powered… how many panels and how much land would that take up?(not to mention money haha)

[@Almost_Over]

where do i get one

[@TheKlink]

this still being done with the microwaves??

[@masonwilmot5006]

whys it so brown? will it work in anything besides a weedwhacker? so many ?'s but looks like vegtable oil type deal to me

[@JarrodZerr]

Awesome work! Keep going!

[@MD-bf2ce]

Are you familiar with the enzyme PETnase?

[@kuzadupa185]

I think youre missing a sight glass for the output valve so you can watch it pour down!

[@jermzdee]

Super cool man. Keep it going.

[@jessemansfield2411]

Isn't that a form of perpetual energy? When you get more energy returned than used to produce the energy?

[@heywoodjablome9021]

Did you still have to run 2 stroke premix or is the lubrication already in the final product you have in the end? Very neat and a brilliant mind and ideas you have but keep eyes in the back of your head way too many great inventors and men that could have been revolutionary with the inventions and creativity their minds cooked up go missing.Weve all heard the stories about how this inventor or invention going missing.

[@Nedsped0]

The barb is doing is doing better in the process I see👏

[@raloed.363]

To make this more jnteresting you should set up several killwats of solar power to run the machine

[@JeremyMasters87]

Not knocking him because he's awesome. I'm just asking is it clean gasoline?

[@Stickyfingers88]

no gas is different

[@markelswick5747]

I’m lost, could somebody explain what you can use this for? Like can you put it into a vehicle or beat up bike or anything?

[@de0509]

There are atoms called carbon and there are atoms called hydrogen. They dont need to be joined together, but when they do, carbon and hydrogen, without any other atoms, they are called hydrocarbons. So these molecules will just float around in the liquid. There are many ways to join them together, which affects how liquid they are, and other things too. Some are straight, some branching, some in a circle. Usually they are categorised by the number of carbons in that molecule because it affects the characteristics the most. A hydrocarbon with one carbon is methane, three carbon is propane, 4 carbon is butane. As the number of carbons go up they get thicker and less like a vapor and becomes more like an oil. Thats where you get a range of molecules that are deemed gasoline and some diesel, etc. Plastics are made of even longer chains of carbon. They stop being like an oil and become solid. But inside plastics its also many carbons and hydrogens all joined in one big piece. Thats why they are solid. Because they have a high number of atoms joined in every single molecule. The process this guy does will sort of randomly break apart the plastics into smaller chunks of different lengths. Some of them fall under the category of gasoline, some diesel, etc. and some would be broken back up into ingredients to make plastics too. So after this crude mixture of stuff, he needs to separate everything out. Sort of like how they make strong drinks. A weak alcohol can be boiled to bring out more of the alcohol rather than the water and you collect only the alcohol but leave most of the water behind. So in essence you can select what things you want and leave behind stuff you dont want. This allows him to make gasoline and diesel from that crude mixture.

[@de0509]

So yes. To answer the question, he can. But this goop of stuff needs to be run in the distiller first before you can put it into a bike. Gotta refine the stuff first, then its ok.

[@absaishikongo7648]

Incredible

[@trevorjoseph4587]

You rock bro stay safe.💯🤘

[@NoneYa-c9c]

Somebody get this guy some bodyguards fast he needs to be protected

[@Thegreat2024]

Awesome stuff dude

[@mattgaming8717]

Your wild bro. 🤟 Cool stuff your into.

[@lewisdavis3280]

A gallon of unfiltered oil for how much energy used to make it ??????

[@patrickmeyer9419]

It makes twice as much energy as is used

[@the_one_and_carpool]

@@patrickmeyer9419 no

[@ThAtGuY-u9d]

@@patrickmeyer9419yea no it doesn’t. It’s a waste of energy. Potentially a good way to deal with plastic waste but I think it’s better to burn it for power and filter off the harmful pollutants. However there is a reason it is not done typically on commercial scale.

[@LDMco]

One of his videos, he used 22kWh to produce 26kWh worth of fuel. Not very efficient.

[@jacobbrown3242]

just let the kid learn god damn

[@22Oatie]

can we see your filtration process for trapping waste? Or are all the negative comments right.

[@Littlemilkjug533]

Genius

[@the_one_and_carpool]

stealing something that was already invented

[@eh6971]

Whats all the stuff on the ground?

[@joeyork9891]

You sound like EPA

[@eh6971]

@joeyork9891 EAT IT😆

[@tandava-089]

​@@eh6971 You regularly eat stuff off the ground? I dont even grow food next to the driveway I work on cars by... Quit being a karen Nobody likes you and this kid has far more value than all you busy body control freak psychos ever will combined Mega corporations spill 10,000 of gallons of straight poisons and carcinogens and pfas/pfoas and crap into our waterways every year, and your worried about if the black kid trying to learn about science is spilling a few drops of oil in his friends back yard. Dont look when you cross traffic, please. For all of us

[@jacobgrangruth9633]

Id like to see a test of the fuel being put to use

[@jsweizston5410]

Latex gloves are not plastic and neither are rubber gloves.

[@AB-12345]

I like the emergency sound in the background.

[@hunterkautz2288]

You need a vacuum breaker on the finished product valve

[@Kingmegenetics]

He's exploded the first 3 models. No reason to think this one won't end the same.

[@Hdoggy447]

He doesn’t know what he’s doing he just sees more and more money so he will pretend he is improving it more and more

[@josephlapiana4554]

collect plastic bags and use a hydraulic press. then use the compressed plastic and stuff that thing

[@himkdbcad]

um do you take 3d printer waste?

[@aPersonsName]

That’s just some good old fashioned Coke a cola 😂

[@ronandonovan9348]

the wet plastic is huge because he can start trying out plastic that are in the ocean

[@BlackRabbitt92]

Bro you are making a mess of that ground. Cool idea but terrible execution

[@basedcase]

50% benzene?

[@yuhaye3986]

Is this safe to use in cars and if so can you build me one of these machines 😂

[@tobyneal5638]

I wonder if the water helped with heating up

[@munboimakesmusic]

That pipe was like me after my visit to Morocco 😂

[@ShaggyKing]

But if you dont weigh it, how will you know what the max is when you find it.

[@larsbee]

if this would work we would not have incinerators anymore

[@Observer2982]

Id love to send you my garbage lmfao but all in all still cool asf

[@SBPICKZ]

Why not set up site glass on stoarage tank so you can see how much your makeing then get what ever psi valve you need and some braided hose and drain it into barrels so you don’t make a mess and also you could have a small drain line on back underbelly of tank to allow the water to flow out into a storage tank that catches your water I work facilities in oilfield and you could set it up pretty easily and I could even send you design

[@hashslinginhasher]

i feel like this foo has a way bigger carbon foot print than my damn car and i have to pay for smog inspection every two fucking years. i hate this life.