In-depth story from Baltimore, where high school students have been quite effective in fighting the proposed 4,000 tons-per-day trash-to-electricity power plant (remember ours is to be 4 to 6,000 tons-per-day, even though now it is supposed to be natural gas first. Natural gas with trash backup, whatever that means). Baltimores project is beset with construction delays, financing difficulties and an ongoing permit violation, in spite of much time and money expended, along with support from the governor and union president. If you dont care to read the lengthy article, here are a couple handy quotes. This first one may give insight into where Logansports $1.225 million went: In other words, paying engineers, lawyers, and lobbyists to plan the project, navigate the regulatory framework, and urge the passage of favorable laws is expensive. And another quote: In talking to people knowledgeable about waste-to-energy, though, it becomes clear that there is a fundamental dilemma with the technology: It needs special treatment from the government to work, yet, by working, it competes with cleaner alternatives. Its special status on the electricity-supply markets puts it in direct competition with non-polluting renewables, and its raw material is trash, of which it needs a large and constant supply, and that’s precisely the resource that the recycling and composting industries need to thrive. (MB)
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:17:03 +0000
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