Only problem is that the micropits on a standard CD can be recoated with a shiny metal again and read.
For a burnable CD, this would indeed erase everything. Of course, you could just literally burn the CD by tossing into a burner barrel.

Get it spinning at 7200RPM and feed it some HV goodness.

Brilliant idea; great video.

Does this only work on technology or could you use it to burn up the trash at a landfill?

@KM: Yes actually. It’s a process known as Plasma Gasification. It is currently not a very clean, nor profitable industry, however, there are those that are trying to make it a cleaner, and more efficient process.

Plasma Gasification is based around super-heating gas so that it turns into the fourth state of matter, plasma. The plasma jets are then blasted out through a nozzle and garbage is fed through past the nozzles. Due to the nature of plasma, the garbage and waist are disintegrated into a mix of raw materials and methane. The methane is drawn out and used to power the process, supposedly making it a clean process. The raw materials can be taken out and recycled for use in other applications.

The more you know!

@ThatOneGuy

And knowing is half the battle!

But in all seriousness, ths is pretty cool. It looks like the disk its self is spinning.

if you guys want to see more of this guys videos his user name is Photonicinduction on youtube

Congratulations, you can destroy a cd. Now all you need to do is learn how to speak correctly.

Hahaha, I love his accent