TreeHugger.com: U.S. Army to Generate Electricity from Kitchen Waste
PM
· 1 year ago
This is a great innovation. These kind of solutions really have a future! Maybe electric vehicle technology would find an interested market by developing the technology for military applications. maybe Zap will come out with a Hummer-type vehicle.
Tyler
· 1 year ago
The military has some different motivations for reducing demands on fossil fuel than environmentalists, but they've got the budget to make ideas like this a reality. Much of our consumer technology was originally developed by the military, so hopefully their focus on alternative energy has the same effect.
DR
· 1 year ago
I wonder what the exhaust is like. With the mix of trash, I imagine it would be quite toxic. If the exhaust is safe, could this be used in a residential area? Perhaps by a a restaurant (big trash producers) to offset some of their poser costs, or by an apartment building...
Ruben
· 1 year ago
I think this sort of unit will have an important role in managing urban waste. The current vogue of picking up compost in big diesel trucks (a la Toronto and San Francisco) clearly does not have much of a future.
Austin
· 1 year ago
This is a great technology. I wonder what kind of waste is leftover from the process? Why not install a few of these at landfills?
I remember reading about many processes that produced somewhat similar results, I wonder what this one uses?
Biofuelsimon
· 1 year ago
This is a great idea, if we could convert the waste that society produces into fuel, and its only a step from propane and ethane to liquid fuels, then this could make a big difference to our reliance on food crops for biofuels. Good to see the Army (any army) using a bit of imagination.
Gerald Shields
· 1 year ago
Interesting. We might be seeing this technology at the landfills within 3 years. The only worry though is air pollution. If you can get away with it without much pollution then it's a winner. The one thing we can do is make a hella bunch of garbage! Then the new formula will be "Garbage In, Energy Out!" (Forgive me for that last pun). :)
Tyler
· 1 year ago
The military has some different motivations for reducing demands on fossil fuel than environmentalists, but they've got the budget to make ideas like this a reality. Much of our consumer technology was originally developed by the military, so hopefully their focus on alternative energy has the same effect.
Korean Avenger
· 1 year ago
I know this is a grand innovation in recycling and conservationism, and I certainly hope that it makes its way from the battlefield to civilian use quickly, but as a jackass I have to say that I'm relieved that ther's finally a use for all those discarded piles of S.O.S. (chipped creamed beef).
Tim
· 1 year ago
I think the city of Morgantown WV uses some system to turn garbage into electricity.
I think we need to recycle much more that we do. Every spring we sent a large amount of leaves, grass, and tree trimmings to the land fill. This could be used by the city instead of going into the dump.
All Comments
This is a great innovation. These kind of solutions really have a future! Maybe electric vehicle technology would find an interested market by developing the technology for military applications. maybe Zap will come out with a Hummer-type vehicle.
The military has some different motivations for reducing demands on fossil fuel than environmentalists, but they've got the budget to make ideas like this a reality. Much of our consumer technology was originally developed by the military, so hopefully their focus on alternative energy has the same effect.
I wonder what the exhaust is like. With the mix of trash, I imagine it would be quite toxic. If the exhaust is safe, could this be used in a residential area? Perhaps by a a restaurant (big trash producers) to offset some of their poser costs, or by an apartment building...
I think this sort of unit will have an important role in managing urban waste. The current vogue of picking up compost in big diesel trucks (a la Toronto and San Francisco) clearly does not have much of a future.
This is a great technology. I wonder what kind of waste is leftover from the process? Why not install a few of these at landfills?
I remember reading about many processes that produced somewhat similar results, I wonder what this one uses?
This is a great idea, if we could convert the waste that society produces into fuel, and its only a step from propane and ethane to liquid fuels, then this could make a big difference to our reliance on food crops for biofuels. Good to see the Army (any army) using a bit of imagination.
Interesting. We might be seeing this technology at the landfills within 3 years. The only worry though is air pollution. If you can get away with it without much pollution then it's a winner. The one thing we can do is make a hella bunch of garbage! Then the new formula will be "Garbage In, Energy Out!" (Forgive me for that last pun). :)
The military has some different motivations for reducing demands on fossil fuel than environmentalists, but they've got the budget to make ideas like this a reality. Much of our consumer technology was originally developed by the military, so hopefully their focus on alternative energy has the same effect.
I know this is a grand innovation in recycling and conservationism, and I certainly hope that it makes its way from the battlefield to civilian use quickly, but as a jackass I have to say that I'm relieved that ther's finally a use for all those discarded piles of S.O.S. (chipped creamed beef).
I think the city of Morgantown WV uses some system to turn garbage into electricity.
I think we need to recycle much more that we do. Every spring we sent a large amount of leaves, grass, and tree trimmings to the land fill. This could be used by the city instead of going into the dump.