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If you throw some plastics into a coal fired power plant it is almost the same as if you would burn oil.
by randomNumber7 8mo ago
If you throw some plastics into a coal fired power plant it is almost the same as if you would burn oil.
- gwerbin 8mo agoI have a feeling nobody is paying particularly close attention to capturing usable energy from this process
- mfost 8mo agoThere is in France a kind of shared network of hot water used to heat up our homes (well, those that are connected and paying into the system at least). Part of the system works by burning trash and capturing the heat in the process. Supposedly they also work on using renewable energies to do the work. Some people argue that the whole system is going against the objectives of recycling stuff but at least it's better than just burning it to get rid of it.
- FarmerPotato 8mo agoThere are anecdotes about trash incinerators requiring less kerosene to finish the burn, because of the plastic content.