Comment Re:Conservation of energy (Score 1) 618
These are the kind of energy the world has to seriously consider. Something that solves one problem (reducing the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills), while also producing useful energy.
Why not reduce the amount of rubbish to begin with simply by not manufacturing so much stuff?
Energy is spent and pollution created by making a product. Energy is spent and pollution created by transporting a product. The product gets used. The product is then magically transformed into "waste" when we don't want the product anymore. Energy is spend and pollution is created by transporting the waste to a waste disposal site. The waste now continues to pollute for years into the future.
Conservation doesn't just mean using less energy, it means using less stuff. Conservation is efficient, conservation is sustainable. Unfortunately, conservation is also an anathema to society. Wouldn't our energies be better expended trying to alter society's energy priorities rather than trying to enable its existing practices by altering the end product?
