Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner

Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by t-writescode on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:43PM (#25781354)

The logistics of ferrying all trash to that singular location would be ... (edit: a major undertaking).

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by greyhair on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:21PM (#25783566)

Rail guns! Pods full of compacted trash launch out to a 'catch' zone using rail guns.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by jjeaff on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:49PM (#25784789)

Sounds like a great backdrop for the next dystopian sci-fi film.

Dull thuds in the distance as dark masses streak across the sky every 10 minutes.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by iggldiggl on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:03AM (#25788207)

Look up Infinite Jest.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by webmaven on Saturday January 16, 2021 @01:03AM (#25800450)

> Sounds like a great backdrop for the next dystopian sci-fi film.

Futurama Season 1 Episode 8, "A Big Piece of Garbage": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Big_Piece_of_Garbage

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by skybrian on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:51PM (#25781514)

I guess the garbage trains from New York City would have to go further.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:48PM (#25782253)

But, it could be made relatively efficient by using trains to haul trash long-distance.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by johnnyletrois on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:47PM (#25783103)

ECDC Environmental is massive: https://youtu.be/6omwOGWGQXs

Edit: in Utah

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by coldtea on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:43PM (#25781363)

Plus the real estate prices right next to that plot would plummet :-)

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by edoceo on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:52PM (#25782312)

So, cheap expansion?

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