Robot stomachs: powering machines with garbage and pee

The Seinfeld idiom, "worlds are colliding," is probably the best description of work in the age of Corona. Pre-pandemic, it was easy to departmentalize one's professional life from one's home existence. Clearly, my dishpan hands have hindered my writing schedule. Thank goodness for the robots in my life, scrubbing and vacuuming my floors; if only they could power themselves with the crumbs they suck up. The World Bank estimates that 3.5 million tons of solid waste is produced by humans everyday, with America accounting for more than 250 million tons a year or over 4 pounds of trash per citizen.