http://www.homelyscientist.com/2007/02/could-a-generator-heater-be-in-your-future/ Science at home from a science geek. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:15:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.homelyscientist.com/2007/02/could-a-generator-heater-be-in-your-future/comment-page-1/#comment-420 The Homely Scientist » Garbage to electricity–could it get any better? Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:53:34 +0000 http://www.homelyscientist.com/2007/02/01/could-a-generator-heater-be-in-your-future/#comment-420 [...] Let’s consider my previous post about gas-fired home generators/heaters and couple it with this bio-refinery generator.  This actually kept me up last night pondering all the amazing possibilities.  Here on Pender there is no landfill.  All garbage is hauled off (by ferry) to a landfill near Victoria.  It costs money ($6 a bag) and fuel (ferry, trucks) and continues to add to the growing landfill.  Victoria is experimenting with tapping into the methane produced in the landfill for power generation, but this is still in testing.  Here is something that small towns and Islands like Pender could really get into. [...] [...] Let’s consider my previous post about gas-fired home generators/heaters and couple it with this bio-refinery generator.  This actually kept me up last night pondering all the amazing possibilities.  Here on Pender there is no landfill.  All garbage is hauled off (by ferry) to a landfill near Victoria.  It costs money ($6 a bag) and fuel (ferry, trucks) and continues to add to the growing landfill.  Victoria is experimenting with tapping into the methane produced in the landfill for power generation, but this is still in testing.  Here is something that small towns and Islands like Pender could really get into. [...]

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