I have a friend who is an engineer at the Miramar (San Diego) landfill. They actually have a contract with a third party that comes in and taps the methane pockets that form in the landfill. Apparently it's a profitable little business for them.
As for creating garbage, that's so true. My buddy says we dump a football stadium worth of trash in Mimamar every single day. They have a very sophisticated operation where they dig this giant hole, line it with special liners, bury the trash, cover it, let it compact for awhile, then dig another hole over it and start all over. He says people dump perfectly good stuff all the time rather than try and sell it or trade it. The city is trying to figure out how to create an auction for all the great stuff people leave, but the idea is stuck in legal wrangling. >> Natural Gas, the next non-renewable resource... > >Except methane can be produced from things like... garbage. Not as >cheaply as pumping it out of the ground, but with good reliablility. >And if there's anything we're good at, it's creating garbage. > >--Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155339 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
