Garbage to power the planet

one mans trash is all of our treasure.......!!!!!!

I just think this would be incredible if it happens on a global scale. Our landfill sites are harming so much of our environment.

This is the most exciting news I have read today. The rest just depressed me! I believe in the ingenuity of humankind to overcome so many of the problems we have created. It will start on a small scale where we actually have an opportunity to make a difference. Yes! Kudos to the person who thought of powering the world on garbage.

Rubbish! (kidding)
Speaking of landfill, I'd like to know if anyone is working on turning toxic waste into safe, usable energy.

This would be cool! A way to clean up AND fuel our greed.
The sad part is, we've got enough trash to power our DeLoreans for years and years and years.

Since all that trash in landfills is almost totally preserved, (so it doesn't contaminate surrounding soil) we should have PLENTY to fuel with.

All the gases from the garbage are vented into the air if the gases are not vented underground fires can start
and they take forever to go out.The land fill could use this gas to fuel the vehicles on the land fill,like propane
in tanks on a lift truck or trailer it should be easy to condense it to fill the tanks and cheap too.

What about what the trash wants? Has anyone stopped to ask that question?

lets do it
let DR. Emmit L. Brown lead the way

though remember, although he had "Mr. Fusion", Dr. Brown's DeLorean still ran on regular, everyday gasoline. . .

OMG!! we can recycle everything!!! But then we would be living like savages!!! No sir.... I dont like it!!!

You could do that in Sim City 3000.

I'm reminded of Futurama where even the meats are recycled.

My friend said she developed this idea while in college, but I never believed it was possible. I guess we'll see.

very cool. so whenever i want to go to vegas, i can eat too many bean burritos and poop my way there. save money and preserve the earth just by pooping.

Everyone is always harping on "renewable energy", and this is the perfect way. Garbage is easy to create and there is always going to be plenty of it.

Recycling is probably one of the most under-utilized resources available. This is usually the responsibility of cities. Remember this the next time you vote in a city election. Focus and vote.

this makes perfect sense

It totally makes sense from some many perspectives...as a new source of energy, prevention of the hazards caused by storage and disposal...the technology is there...we just have to tap into it, create an afforadable means of conversion, and we are on our way to a positive future for us and our planet...

BFAM-RVS

t is already being done. Biomethane from buried landfills is being tapped and mixed with fossil fuel methane and burned.

Methane is converted to CO2 and water when burned.

Methane left to escape into the atmosphere has 17X the greenhouse gas warming effect of CO2. Burning methane rather than allowing it to release into the atmosphere actually lessens the greenhouse effect even though you are producing CO2 when it is burned.

http://groups.msn.com/BreakingTheChains/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=166&LastModified=4675683423566427272

they should develop a constantly "on" garbage truck to drive their point home, that would be cool

What my friend's system suggested was consuming trash on more of a house by house basis and then converting it to energy via a system there on the premises. The only thing I've seen similar to it is a process where they superheat it, but I'm not sure exactly how her theory/proposal worked.

What a cool idea.

Then the future of Wall-E won't happen....sadness.

I like this idea- it needs to be done worldwide