Posts Tagged ‘waste’
Plasma Arc Gasification: Eliminating Landfills by Converting Waste into Clean Energy
Dirty diapers, concrete, sludge, even hazardous biomedical waste can be transformed into energy using plasma arc gasification technology. With millions of tons of waste being generated every year and nowhere to put it, scientists have developed a method of converting any waste – no matter how toxic or dangerous – into a clean fuel gas,…
Read MoreBiogas: How the U.S. can Power 46 Million Homes with Energy from Food Scraps, Grass Clippings, and Feces
If the U.S. used all of their untapped organic ‘waste’ – humanure, livestock manure, dog & cat manure, grass clippings & leaves, and food waste – they would generate about $54.4 billion in clean Biogas energy every year, at no extra cost. Biogas is a combustible gas mixture generated when organic matter, such as animal…
Read More7 Miraculous Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World
Perhaps you only think about mushrooms when one sprouts up in your yard or when you’re ordering a pizza. But they have many incredible, world-saving capabilities that you need to know about. “I believe that mycelium is the neurological network of nature. Interlacing mosaics of mycelium infuse habitats with information-sharing membranes. These membranes are aware,…
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