Saw a talk about circular economies once. One of the things that stuck in my mind was, "If mankind has any chance of a permanent occupation of earth, the current meaning of the word 'waste' will have to fade away."
Saw a talk about circular economies once. One of the things that stuck in my mind was, "If mankind has any chance of a permanent occupation of earth, the current meaning of the word 'waste' will have to fade away."
The trucks cost on the order of six figures, the containers an order of magnitude less.
Wanna help your garden soil in the off-season? Pee in a bottle and dump it in the garden.
You're welcome.
The energy that is being wasted every single second from the sun emitting its rays out into empty space is many orders of magnitude greater than what humanity collectively uses, and all of that energy could be harvested and even saved if civilization expands to colonize the entire solar system. Until it does that, the vast majority of the energy outputted by the sun is going to waste. So slowing growth is generally extremely wasteful.