[Homestead] garbage into electricity

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Thu Mar 1 11:54:22 EST 2007


On Feb 28, 2007, at 12:23 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

> http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/ 
> 873aae7bf86c0110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
>
> At the risk of further "too good to be true" criticism, I post this  
> with
> hopes of a better future through technology (although I'm not  
> holding my
> breath and am making plans to live without such)

Sounds perfect except for “That obsidian-like slag contains toxic  
heavy metals and breaks down when exposed to water,” claims Brad Van  
Guilder, a scientist at the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan,  
which advocates for clean air and water. “Dump it in a landfill, and  
it could one day contaminate local groundwater.”

But surely it is easier and safer to handle and store than nuclear  
waste.




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