We may found have a to this planet's growing . Soon, you'll be able to transform any material into a reusable, combustible fuel which - at least according to multi-national automobile conglomerates - is the most substance on earth (see previous post).
While no one plans to put people into a thermal depolymerization machine, an intimate human creation could become a prime feedstock. "There is no reason why we can't turn sewage, including human excrement, into a glorious oil," says engineer Terry Adams[.]
This is certainly a novel solution to the of global recycling. However, its environmental benefit must surely be limited by virtue of the fact that it produces a commodity which contributes to further environmental destruction. In fact, this may do more ecological harm than good, since it could prolong the use of petroleum byproducts in automobiles well after the natural supply of oil is extinguished.
The simplicity of the process is certainly elegant, resembling that of a conventional oil refinery. Maybe garbology isn't such a field to get into after all...