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0 pointsmschuster915y ago0 comments

> Also, unsegregated garbage, when burnt, will produce stuff like dioxins and furans which you don't want in the atmosphere.

Modern garbage power plants have enormous exhaust filtration systems that take care of pretty much any toxic contaminant, no matter its form.

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shash5y ago

Assuming that the filtration systems are working perfectly, and are in order all the time. That’s not trivial...

In Germany the operators are bound by law to monitor their systems and fines are steep.

shash5y ago

Germany might be the only place where this tech is working as advertised.

This stuff needs to work on a planetary level to make a difference. “Just solve corruption and this will work” is a kind of complex way around it...

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0 pointsmschuster915y ago0 comments

> Also, unsegregated garbage, when burnt, will produce stuff like dioxins and furans which you don't want in the atmosphere.

Modern garbage power plants have enormous exhaust filtration systems that take care of pretty much any toxic contaminant, no matter its form.

shash5y ago

Assuming that the filtration systems are working perfectly, and are in order all the time. That’s not trivial...

In Germany the operators are bound by law to monitor their systems and fines are steep.

shash5y ago

Germany might be the only place where this tech is working as advertised.

This stuff needs to work on a planetary level to make a difference. “Just solve corruption and this will work” is a kind of complex way around it...

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