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Army to turn trash into power in Iraq

Posted March 12, 2008 9:00 AM

From Yahoo! News: Science News:

The water bottles, plastic foam plates and other trash discarded by American troops in Iraq's mess halls may soon be serving double-duty — as an unlikely power source to illuminate barracks and power up laptops. The Army is preparing to deploy to Iraq two 4-ton biomass refineries designed to turn piles of trash into electricity. Each can run for 20 hours on a ton of trash, producing enough power to light a small village.

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03/12/2008 9:54 AM

After dealing with it there, can they redeploy to deal with the trash island bobbing around in the North Pacific?

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03/13/2008 11:12 AM

You mean the one nobody can take a picture of to prove it exists?

I love the idea of trash to energy!
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