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Sharky Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5	Power Plant That Uses Garbage to Create Power 08/13/2009 4:08 AM
	been thinking of a great sort of power plant that could if there was some use for it can use the stinky gas and rotten rubbish to create power . it could work there would be more then enough rubbish in a town or city to run one and anthor bonus is it will stop all the landfills filling up __________________ Sharky
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Guest	#1 Re: Power Plant That Uses Garbage to Create Power 08/13/2009 4:53 AM
	Such power plants do exist. Check out this short article about biomass for an introduction.

PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing. Kettle's on. Posts: 8652 Good Answers: 163	#2 Re: Power Plant That Uses Garbage to Create Power 08/14/2009 3:58 AM
	There's one adjacent to the North Circular Road (A406) in Walthamstow. There are many others. Chicken droppings are the next thing in microgeneration! __________________ The elephant is a funny bird. It flits from bough to bough. It lays its eggs in a rhubarb tree and whistles, like a cow - Spike Milligan.

charlie_r Power-User Join Date: May 2007 Location: 39°10' N 91°52' W Posts: 227 Good Answers: 12	#3 Re: Power Plant That Uses Garbage to Create Power 08/14/2009 7:13 AM
	check this out __________________ If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it over?

Guest	#4 Re: Power Plant That Uses Garbage to Create Power 09/20/2009 4:57 AM
	Too late, I actually worked for one in Portugal, Household Garbage is burn´t in a boiler to produce sream to drive turbines..... in some countries the hot water from the boiler is used to warm up nearby houses (Central heating).

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