128: not just a load of old rubbish

I thought this article was worth sharing today. It's from the UK's Independent newspaper, and it documents the potential of new technologies that can harvest energy from decomposing rubbish. Apparently, the UK government is considering the merits of using 'anaerobic digestion' - already used in Austria, Denmark and Germany - which can turn piles of waste into a liquid fertilizer and a gas that be used as fuel in a range of different ways. If taken to scale, it is thought this technology could generate as much as 3% of the UK's electricity in the longer term. Every little helps! And as 'green technologies' go, I reckon this sounds much better than growing stuff we could eat and turning it into fuel for our cars instead...