Florida Hurricane debris to energy

[sendler]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-s-power-grid

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Makes sense to use certain residues as an alternate fuel for power generation.

[LeanBurn]

There is no reason why technologies aren't put to practice where all waste is turned back into energy of some kind.

It is completely insane to bury waste in the earth that doesn't decompose in a reasonable amount of time.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by LeanBurn

It is completely insane to bury waste in the earth that doesn't decompose in a reasonable amount of time.

Even more insane is when the methane generated by the decomposition of organic waste is not recovered for energy purposes, like it still happens at some landfills and most wastewater treatment plants.

[sendler]

Originally Posted by LeanBurn

There is no reason why technologies aren't put to practice where all waste is turned back into energy of some kind.

It is completely insane to bury waste in the earth that doesn't decompose in a reasonable amount of time.

We need to get very good at this and figure out how to reduce any of the draw backs to trash buring power plants. Which is mainly just a matter of making sure we recyle all of the plastic, batteries, and lightbulbs out of the stream.
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All of this potential energy is already riding around on a truck. Might as well get good at making a little electricity out of it.
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The ash is then perfectly suitable as "cap" for traditional landfill use to eliminate having to buy the other types.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by sendler

We need to get very good at this and figure out how to reduce any of the draw backs to trash buring power plants. Which is mainly just a matter of making sure we recyle all of the plastic, batteries, and lightbulbs out of the stream.

It might be quite labor-intensive to make sure all the waste supplied is safe to use as a fuel. But anyway, it's often pointed out that painted wood should not be burned due to the chemicals found in paints, so it would also require some filtration of the smoke to reduce the amount of contaminants eventually released into the atmosphere.

The ash is then perfectly suitable as "cap" for traditional landfill use to eliminate having to buy the other types.

I remember when I went to a coal-fired power plant, and there was at least one cement industry nearby that used most of the heavy ash.