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Natural gas from trash is undergoing a rapid growth period:

https://www.archaeaenergy.com

Details:

https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_628372108fa37c6495a97d...

As ever, the cornucopians will win and the Malthusians will lose !

The US has long been in the dark ages for this. Northern Europe uses a lot of "district heating" [1], which often is trash burning (or other renewable source) plants used to heat water and distribute heated water to residences for area heating and hot water purposes. It's a classic example of having subsidies for traditional/polluting energy and having very few subsidies for newer forms of cleaner energy.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating

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