Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could solve our waste and energy problems at the same time, by turning one into the other? Attempts have been made to do just that, by making fuel from waste through pyrolysis.
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Inman, M. Cooking up fuel. Nature Clim Change 2, 218–220 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1466
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