D40 - Implementing Waste-to-Energy
Q.1
Following college, what job did Dr. Silvestri have that allowed him to visit Europe?
He played in a rock band
He was hired for United Nations sponsored homebuilding program
He was a world-renowned speaker about energy conservation
He accepted a job designer commercial trash receptacles in London
Q.2
When Dr. Silvestri joined the Peace Corps, they sent him to what county?
Uruguay
Spain
England
Kazakhstan
Q.3
As garbage decomposes in a landfill, it creates what gas?
methane
mercury
helium
carbon monoxide
Q.4
When touring the Lorain County Landfill, Dr. Silvestri noticed that although they had the machinery to convert waste gas in electrical energy, they were not doing this. Why not?
The process has not been deemed “safe” by the state government.
They could not make a sustainable financial agreement with the electric company.
They only run the machines once a month.
They were waiting on a single piece for the machine that has been backordered for over a year.
Q.5
Dr. Silvestri explains that he holds three patents for catalysts which _______.
increase the rate of decomposition of garbage
decrease the rate of decomposition of garbage
decrease the amount of methane created by garbage
eliminate the noxious odor of garbage