GIGO

So, we've got a problem in Ontario. We generate piles of garbage. We ship tons of it to the states every day, and they put it in their landfills for us. I'm pretty sure we spend more on fuel to deliver the waste to it's final resting place than we pay for dumping fees. Especially lately, the way fuel costs have been going. One problem with this system (NIMBY) is that the people who's backyard we are dumping our waste into are fed up with it and are working on some laws to prevent Canadian waste from entering Michigan landfills. So, what are we to do with all the garbage?
We've got another problem in Ontario. It's called power generation. We use colossal amounts of electricity per household, per office space, per manufacturing plant. So much, in fact, that we need to import it at times.

So, here's my idea. It doesn't solve both of these problems completely, but it's a step. The idea, which is entirely unoriginal, is 'Power Generation from Garbage Incineration'. Now, before you get all 'but burning garbage causes crazy pollution...' on me, read this. I haven't seen a study on it, but I would be willing to bet that the amount of pollutants generated by burning our garbage in specially designed incineration plants would be less than the pollutants generated by trucking it to Michigan daily.
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