Electric garbage truck is powered by garbage

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This is really cool! In Hampton, Virginia, USA, which is where NASA Langley Research Center is located, there is also a trash burning facility. NASA operates the facility, while the City of Hampton dumps the trash. NASA consumes its share of electricity and trades the rest back to the city. Funny, some environmentalists don't like it.

While I am a big fan of using garbage for electricity, I am a bigger fan of hydraulic hybrids for large vehicles. The hydraulic system is the store of energy, instead of batteries. In the life cycle of the vehicle, its a lot easier, cleaner, and cheaper to dispose of hydraulic fluid than Li-ion battery.

I read a great article about this titled "Big Green Trucks" found at http://economicefficiency.blogspot.com/2008/12/big-green-trucks.html

In either case, improving the efficiency of large vehicles is going to make a significant improvement in air quality.