Rep. Petersen’s Report from the Capitol: Garbage to Energy and Education Bills Considered in Committees; Getting Children with Autism the Treatment they Need;
April 9, 2011
We have eight days left in the legislative session, and I am hard at work to make sure your voice is heard in Juneau.
Using Garbage to Make Electricity
This week the House Energy Committee heard my resolution, HCR 10, to encourage the development of waste-to-energy technology in Alaska. Across the world, and in 24 states, this technology is used to burn garbage to make electricity. The remarkable thing about this technology is that modern waste-to-energy facilities actually produce fewer emissions than would be created from the garbage decomposing in a landfill.
