[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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