Monday, October 09, 2006
Interesting article from St Lucie, FL submitted by Carol Jenson (Sister-in-law & aunt of the bloggers).
St. Lucie County has plans to ditch its dump. It plans to generate electricity by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than the sun.
This $425 million facility will use lightning-like plasma arcs to turn trash into gas and rock-like material. It will be the first such plant in the US operating at such a massive scale and the largest in the world.
The gas produced will run turbines to create electricity and the slag will be sold for road and construction projects.
St. Lucie County has plans to ditch its dump. It plans to generate electricity by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than the sun.
This $425 million facility will use lightning-like plasma arcs to turn trash into gas and rock-like material. It will be the first such plant in the US operating at such a massive scale and the largest in the world.
The gas produced will run turbines to create electricity and the slag will be sold for road and construction projects.
