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I hear an awful lot about greenhouse this and greenhouse that.  Global warming is upon us (or just around the corner)!  Our atmosphere is being polluted by all the emissions from manufacturing and autos!  With all the noise about these areas, you might think that Chicken Little was afoot with his “The sky is falling” message.  We hear we must reduce CO2 emissions and how these badly these emissions hurt the atmosphere.  Car manufacturers are even mandated by law to reduce emissions.  Other laws affect manufacturing plants that exhaust their byproducts into the atmosphere.  Of course, if the amount of pollutants you exhaust into the atmosphere is excessive, you can buy “credits” from those entities that are below the mandated limits.  Like a band-aid on a festering wound, “credits” kinda make everything A-OK.  (Really?  No! Not really!)  Already, we have seen cars required to have catalytic converters installed in them and continual pressure from the Congress to make manufacturers produce more fuel efficient and “cleaner” cars and other manufacturing entities reduce emissions.  “Going Green” is a phrase that is gaining in popularity, if not institutional action, as more and more companies reposition themselves to say that they are “Green”.  If nothing else: (a) they have an idea that “Green is Good”; and (b) it looks good in the ads and the corporate reports.

Scientists have come up with dire predictions about  “Global Warming”, and how the resultant shift in temperature will melt the polar ice cap and this will result in flooding of the coastal areas and, well, the next thing you know, Iowa will have beachfront property on the Atlantic ocean–or some prediction like that.  In some cities, the air can be a health hazard, Los Angeles is a good example today, Pittsburg, PA was in the past, especially for those with compromised immune systems.  Clean water is a thing of the past.  Rivers and streams are so poluted with pesticides and waste that bottled water is now a booming business.  Can portable oxygen be next?

Let’s assume for the sake of discussion that the doomsayer’s predictions are valid and these catastrophic events will happen if we don’t take heed and take action.  Let’s also realize that slowly but surely and day by day, every city and county in America is slowly but surely choking on its waste matter, be it solid or liquid.

Is there a relation between the environment and waste disposal?  Emphatically YES!  Unfortunately, it is not intuitively obvious.  Most of what cities and counties do to process their waste is neither efficient, effective, or economical.  Some cities expel their waste matter directly into the ocean, with no treatment whatsoever.  Others discharge an “effluent” that, apparently, meets the governmental minimum standards.  Most landfills are eyesores, which is bad enough, but we, as a country, are rapidly running out of space in which to put our waste.  Some cities are loading their solid waste onto ships and sending it overseas!  How economical is that?  And when it arrives it its new landfill, are the  pollution problems solved?  Not unless your live on a different planet!  Out of sight, out of mind doesn’t cut it!  It just takes a little longer for us to realize that we only exported the waste and not the problem.  And what is the byproduct of this decaying mass of solid matter (you may have to dig deep to find it in the solid waste landfills)?  Methane gas!  A combustible, and smelly, gas.  For a good whiff of the stuff, go to a facility that processes human waste.  But keep in mind that solid waste can, in most cases, be burned and methane gas is combustible.

Is there an answer?  I believe there is.  As I stated above, it is not intuitively obvious because we don’t logically connect something that smells bad (methane gas) with something that smells good (clean air).

It seems to me that we can harness the methane gas from these waste facilities and use the combustible methane gas to power out cities (or at least reduce the dependence solely on the present methods to power the electrical grid).  We know that the country is endlessly searching for new and renewable sources of energy.  Solar, wind, nuclear,–the list is endless.  And while these products seem exotic and sexy, they don’t work everywhere and they don’t always work.  Solar panels only work in the sunlight.  Great in El Paso, Texas, but not so great in Washington state.  Nor does the wind blow all the time everywhere.  Well, we have in methane gas a renewable source of energy that is PROVEN and WORKS ALL THE TIME, AND IS WORKING AS YOU READ THIS.

We may run out of space to put our trash in, but don’t bet that we will run out of trash (which can be burned).  As for waste matter and garbage, even greater producers of methane gas, let’s build the necessary facilities to incorporate this potential power generating source into our energy grid.  A city in the northeast did years back and not only powered the city, but became an ENERGY EXPORTERThe Tennessee Valley Authority uses methane gas with coal and saves 20,000 tons of coal a year (a great cost saving in and of itself!), as well as helping the atmosphere free of the potential harmful effects of the methane gas that might be released , had it not been incorporated it into their system.  Did we tell you that methane gas released into the atmosphere is 21 times more toxic (my word) to the atmosphere than CO2? If you understand that, you know that we have the emphasis on the wrong syllable when talking about achieving “clean air”, reducing global warming, and othere attendant problems.

Now, if we could get every locale, big or small, to incorporate this kind of thinking and planning into their future, think of the impact this would have upon the world’s atmosphere.  Also, let’s think on a world wide scale.  Developing countries could incorporate this in their plans because developing countries always have the ingredients necessary to make this a reality–landfills and (usually) poor waste and garbage treatment.  If it could be shown that there was economic, as well as social, value in using this methane gas, think how much better the world’s atmosphere would be!

As with anything, there are some problems associated with using methane gas.  The first we mentioned is the smell.  Admittedly, it’s not too nice.  That is, to say the least, solvable with some sophisticated engineering and the long-range benefits certainly outweigh the alternative of doing nothing.  Additionally, methane gas is not “sexy” like solar energy or wind power, so there is a selling job to do, even though this is proven technology.  As we’ve said, it is not an intuitively obvious connection between clean air, global warming, and methane gas.

If we must die from these dire predictions, let’s die trying to do SOMETHING.  Let’s start talking about something that WORKS, AND WORKS NOW! No need to study the problem in hopes of finding a workable solution, just go to the places where it is working now and find out how they do it, and copy it!  Let’s energize those groups that maintain they are interested in preserving our quality of life by enlightening them as to a win-win solution to this problem.  Let’s lobby our elected officials as to the benefits of this plan.  Let’s talk to anyone who will listen.  Let’s educate and engage everyone we know as to the viability of this idea.

Who wants to talk about waste products or landfills?  Well, anybody that might want to help solve the energy crisis, the global warming crisis,  the clean air crisis, and the clean water crisis at the same time, as well as other problems, such as where to put all the future waste products we will produce.

Seems to me its time to think outside the box, …or we’ll wind up in one sooner than we want to!