lmshertz OP t1_iyea23s wrote on November 30, 2022 at 7:24 PM

Reply to comment by PVinesGIS in Baltimore County's landfill transforms rotting garbage gas into electricity to combat climate change by lmshertz

To say that this project promotes the continuation of landfills is like saying paying someone to pick up cigarette butts off the street promotes smoking. The gas is there already. They have to burn it already to convert it into CO2. It's simply a way to capture waste and pollution that would have been there anyway. This is a county run landfill it is not profitable

PVinesGIS t1_iyfazow wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:31 PM

I think it's great that they do it. I don't think it's great that they call it renewable and qualify them for the same tax credits that actual renewable energies get.