Energy up in Smoke

Recycling heat from industrial smokestacks could create enough energy to supply 20 percent of the electricity needs of the United States.

Enough wasted heat energy escapes from industrial smokestacks each year to replace 120 coal plants. Thomas Casten, chairman of Recycled Energy Development, explains to host Bruce Gellerman that the only thing stopping recycled heat technology from taking off is outdated federal and state laws.

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