Comments on: Portable power from trash

AgriPower has developed a "virtual landfill" system that can produce electricity and heat by burning anything from nuts to old tires.
Photo: Energizing trash

[DraconumPB]

I like this line

"The heat can also be used to power other processes like heating. "

But hey, sounds cool We could stand to get rid of some trash.

[adasha76]

Great Scott!

With a litle development this could provide the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need to power the flux capacitor!

[DraconumPB]

As long as you...

...have a neverending supply of trash in your DeLorean, then you're all set buddy. :D

[ittesi259]

Yeah, great proof reading

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed.

[tdrsfram]

Portable Power from trash

I hope they can take this to the next level and create one for consumer use - this would slash the amount of trash created at a person's home and sent to a landfill, plus it would create the possibiity of extra electric and heat for the home which would reduce the costs of current electric/heating costs. This would also be great for remote places where people may have vacation cabins or even RV campgrounds where electric/heat would support the RV community in addition to reducing the waste produced. The possibilities are endless. IF they make a consumer model.

[jamie.p.walsh]

I like that idea myself

This first generation of green products will likely target municipalities, but I think the better vision is to have these systems compact and affordable to be implemented at the home.

Give consumers the ability to supplement their energy needs/waste removal.

[Phillep_H]

Another use

Fishing, hunting, eco-tour, and ski lodges use noisy and stinky diesel generators. Switching to this would really make staying in those places a much more pleasent experience. Wonder what the price tag is?

[ethana2]

Mr. Fusion!

Toss in an empty beer can, a banana peel, press the button. Your trans-temporal delorian is ready to go.

Really, though, I think the entire idea of trash is stupid. "Hey, lets lump all these completely unrelated materials together and have them hauled off! That way, we never have to really deal with them properly! Brilliant!"

Recycle. Everything. Including biomass. I applaud their efforts and wish them luck.

[edfc]

look at it this way

imagine how many tons of refuse a big city produces each day. count backwards and you do the math. how many years worth of "fuel" would that be? i just hope this could burn those thrash in the landfill:)

[MankatoWilli]

Power from the invaders.

Great way to get rid of invading weeds in the lakes, etc.