{"id":101530,"date":"2025-07-29T07:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101530\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:50:26","slug":"who-is-julian-brown-young-inventor-behind-plastoline-missing-after-viral-fuel-from-plastic-breakthrough-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101530\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Julian Brown? Young inventor behind Plastoline missing after viral fuel-from-plastic breakthrough – World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julian Brown, an Atlanta inventor, is known for Plastoline\u2014a device that turns plastic waste into fuel. In early 2025, his invention went viral for changing the world of recycling and energy. But now he\u2019s missing and his online followers and climate-tech supporters are getting worried.<\/p>\n

Who is Julian Brown<\/p>\n

Brown started in high school with only welding certifications and a desire to change the world. He\u2019s not a university-trained scientist or engineer\u2014but a self-taught inventor who spent 5 years developing his microwave pyrolysis technology. The process uses heat and pressure to break down plastics into fuels like gasoline, diesel<\/a> and even jet fuel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I was 5 I told my mom I was gonna change the world,\u201d Brown said in a past interview. \u201cIt\u2019s always been within me \u2014 I just never knew what it was gonna be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plastoline Passes the Test<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s recycled fuel was tested at a Washington lab and the results showed it may burn cleaner than diesel. Even the lab technicians were skeptical: \u201cIt appears this diesel burns cleaner than regular diesel,\u201d one of them said.<\/p>\n

His invention impressed climate activists and got over 1.7 million followers on Instagram<\/a>. As a 776 Foundation Climate Fellow, Brown stood out for his mission: to end plastic waste by turning it into energy.<\/p>\n

Now He\u2019s Missing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two weeks ago Brown posted this on social media:<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething is happening keep me in your prayers please SCREEN RECORD THIS. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then he hasn\u2019t been seen or heard from and speculation is growing. No official word yet but online worry is mounting.<\/p>\n

Julian once said, \u201cAs long as I am around there will be no such thing as plastic waste \u2014 only untapped energy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julian Brown, an Atlanta inventor, is known for Plastoline\u2014a device that turns plastic waste into fuel. In early…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[66032,66010,66024,854,66035,66021,66038,40257,66012,66018,66007,746,66029,65997,66014,66023,19300,66025,66008,65991,65994,65993,65995,66003,66004,66009,66015,66031,66028,66002,65996,66011,66027,66034,66022,66006,66030,66017,66039,66005,66040,66036,66000,66019,159,67,132,68,66026,66001,66033,66013,66020,65999,8513,65992,65998,66037,66016],"class_list":{"0":"post-101530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-776-foundation-fellow","9":"tag-atlanta-inventor","10":"tag-breakthrough-invention","11":"tag-clean-energy","12":"tag-clean-fuel","13":"tag-climate-change-solution","14":"tag-climate-change-solutions","15":"tag-climate-tech","16":"tag-convert-plastic-to-fuel","17":"tag-eco-fuel-tech","18":"tag-eco-friendly-fuel","19":"tag-environment","20":"tag-fuel-alternative-breakthrough","21":"tag-fuel-from-plastic","22":"tag-fuel-from-plastic-waste","23":"tag-genius-kid-viral","24":"tag-green-energy","25":"tag-india-reacts-to-julian-brown","26":"tag-inventor-missing","27":"tag-julian-brown","28":"tag-julian-brown-inventor-missing","29":"tag-julian-brown-missing","30":"tag-julian-brown-missing-inventor","31":"tag-julian-brown-news","32":"tag-julian-brown-update","33":"tag-julian-brown-viral","34":"tag-missing-genius","35":"tag-missing-inventor","36":"tag-missing-young-scientist","37":"tag-new-fuel-machine","38":"tag-plastic-fuel","39":"tag-plastic-fuel-inventor","40":"tag-plastic-fuel-machine","41":"tag-plastic-recycling-innovation","42":"tag-plastic-recycling-tech","43":"tag-plastic-to-diesel","44":"tag-plastic-to-fuel","45":"tag-plastic-to-petrol-machine","46":"tag-plastic-waste-to-diesel","47":"tag-plastoline","48":"tag-plastoline-device","49":"tag-pyrolysis-fuel","50":"tag-recycling-plastic","51":"tag-revolutionary-fuel-invention","52":"tag-science","53":"tag-united-states","54":"tag-unitedstates","55":"tag-us","56":"tag-us-inventor-viral","57":"tag-viral-invention","58":"tag-viral-inventor","59":"tag-viral-inventor-story","60":"tag-viral-news-2025","61":"tag-waste-to-fuel","62":"tag-waste-to-energy","63":"tag-who-is-julian-brown","64":"tag-young-inventor","65":"tag-young-inventor-missing","66":"tag-young-inventor-viral"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}