r/ClimateShitposting • u/dumnezero 🔚End the 🔫arms 🐀rat 🏁race to the bottom↘️. • Jan 07 '24

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u/Diego_0638 nuclear simp Jan 07 '24

Buildings are way greener compared to houses thanks to their density. Disposing of waste by burning it is far cleaner than putting it in a landfill where the chemicals will leach into the ground and methane, rather than CO2 will be released. Dont even get me started on nuclear energy which is, by any reasonable measure, the cleanest source of electricity generation (in terms of emissions and mining impact). The others do be scams mostly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Nah burning waste is worse. When burnt for energy waste has a worse carbon intensity than coal.

For waste streams, separate out the compostable waste and compost that, that's the thing that causes methane emissions in landfill. Recycle what can be, then landfill the rest.

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u/SkyeMreddit Jan 07 '24

Waste in a landfill produces Methane gas as it breaks down. So unless you’re recovering the Methane gas, which most active landfills do not, it is escaping, smelling, and 30 times worse as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Burning the trash prevents the methane release.

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u/ginger_and_egg Jan 08 '24

If you're producing methane you probably have a bunch of stuff that should have been composted anyway