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I looked up how landfills work[0] since I’ve never considered how they are filled before. I always had a childlike mental image of the whole thing. It seems li
by cheschire 2y ago
I looked up how landfills work[0] since I’ve never considered how they are filled before. I always had a childlike mental image of the whole thing.
It seems like it wouldn’t be nearly as impossible to find as I was originally imagining given he would likely be given records indicating which “cell” was being used at the time in question.
Finding a company willing to remove the waste and sort it for him wouldn’t be cheap.
I have to wonder if all of his money would end up at risk in the future as well due to assuming all the post-closure monitoring requirements, liability related to potential contamination of groundwater, and simply not having years of collecting fees over the operational lifespan to offset the future costs.
0: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/energy-production/sweden-is-great-at-turning-trash-to-energy.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/e...
- justinclift 2y agoWonder what information and physical security will be like around the site, as someone could potentially swoop in overnight and steal the hdd if it seems like they'd be getting close?
- fouc 2y agoHis bitcoin wallet is encrypted. As per XKCD, they'd need to hit him with a $5 wrench until he tells the password.
- justinclift 2y agoGood point. That'd mean they could still blackmail or otherwise ransom it to him though. ie "Give us $xxx or you'll never see the hdd" type of thing