Gasification - Vaporize our trash into syngas

Put simply, heating garbage or MSW - municipal solid waste to a temperature as hot as the surface of the sun, breaks up the material, into their molecules of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. These byproducts can be combined into a synthetic gas known as 'syngas' which is used in many different fuel types. This sounds like a toxic process but it is actually quite clean according to this article, breaking everything down and vaporizing it... sounds like science fiction coming to life. I wonder how much energy is needed to heat to such extreme temperatures?

See story here: (http://consciouschoice.com/2008/04/greenscene0804.html).