[Wonder Warthog]

They’d do way better to build a gasifier and feed it the city’s garbage. Use the syngas to generate electricity and get rid of the garbage at the same time. I’m sure New York’s average daily amount of garbage is enough to feed a gasifier. If not, supplement with coal.

[ONTHEFIFTY]

New York’s garbage production stands at some 13,000 tons a day.

[P-40]

I’m sure New York’s average daily amount of garbage is enough to feed a gasifier.

Last I heard New York City's garbage was still being trucked out of state since the landfill is closed. The number of semi trucks used to do this daily is staggering.

[thinking]

There is an option, which I am surprised hasn’t been offered...that of using the ocean waters, piped in to heat and cool the center core of the city....

[Howie]

“They’d do way better to build a gasifier and feed it the city’s garbage. Use the syngas to generate electricity and get rid of the garbage at the same time. I’m sure New York’s average daily amount of garbage is enough to feed a gasifier. If not, supplement with coal.”

I remember St. Louis MO. doing something similar way back in the fifties. They burned the waste paper, etc. and generated steam which was piped into downtown office buildings/stores.

I don’t know about the present day status.