On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:28:05 -0600, Wildepad <noreplies> wrote:
:The ultimate garbage disposer is built -- whatever is put into it is
:broken down to its component elements which are then separated by
:type.
:
:The inventor admits there are some minor problems with the process,
:and number 1,896 on his list of things to change is that the carbon
:comes out as flawless 36 pound crystals.
:
:It may be years before he gets around to fixing that. In the meantime,
:it's piling up at the rate of about 1000 tons a day.
:
:The powers that be, eager to have this landfill-alternative shown to
:be a practical process, put you in charge of disposing of it. (The
:power companies don't want it -- diamond dust plays havoc with the
:equipment.)
:
:What do you do with it?
Burn it. At 1000 tons/day, I don't know how
much electricity you could produce, but I'll bet it's significant.
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