Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus...
by baskire on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:31PM
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We’d be better off burning our trash at peaker power plants when the sun isn’t shining, the wind isn’t blowing...etc.
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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus...
by hanche on Thursday October 08, 2020 @01:30AM
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It’s not quite that simple. A garbage incinerator is not something you can turn on and off according to when you need the energy. It has to be kept going continuously, since it takes a long time for it to get up to the temperature required for efficient and clean combustion. There are similar problems with shutting down.