Video: Military Garbage Burner Utterly Destroys Trash, With Tactical Precision -- Popular Science
A new, compact gasification contraption can dramatically compress the things our armed forces leave behind, turning trash into ash. Marines at Camp Smith, Hawaii, are testing the new unit to verify whether it could be used at forward operating bases to cut down on landfill. The Micro Auto Gasification System, or MAGS, can bake 100 pounds of garbage and compress it into 5 pounds of ash, while creating more energy than it consumes.
It could someday handle the daily waste needs of 1,000 Marines at a forward operating base, according to the Office of Naval Research.
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My Comment: Talk about pushing the green agenda .... but I must confess that the concept makes sense (so far).
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