08/27/2025
Everyone loves to say oil wells are horrible — and sure, they come with problems — but let’s be real. They get targeted mostly because they’re tied to energy.
Meanwhile, nobody wants to talk about the thousands of cubic feet of material sitting in old buildings and open-air stadiums that will eventually be knocked down. Or the endless stream of houses ripped apart every single day and dumped into landfills. That waste alone makes well sites look small in comparison.
And here’s the kicker: we can dump thousands of gallons of sewage into the ocean without a second thought, but everyone panics about a wellhead. Why aren’t incinerator toilets and greywater recycling standard practice by now? Why isn’t end-of-life planning a required part of building codes?
Think about it — a LEED-certified “green” building can brag about its efficiency, but it still hires gas-powered lawnmowers, diesel trucks to haul equipment, and sends thousands of cubic feet of paper off into a recycling system that barely works. If we’re serious about sustainability, why aren’t we putting incinerators on these buildings and actually using that energy instead of wasting it?
