Randy, can you share the odor paper? Cheers
A On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Randy Mott <[email protected]> wrote: > The introduction to our odor White Paper: > > " Every major environmental organization has endorsed biogas as the > most > environmentally friendly method of addressing management of organic waste. > These conclusions by professional environmental advocates completely > contradict the uninformed views of local residents overly concerned over > this issue. Environmental groups widely support biogas as the preferred > method of dealing with biodegradable wastes." Instead of sending it to > landfill, anaerobic digestion allows us to convert this waste into biogas, > making it part of the solution." Greenpeace: > http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog > /climate/the-weekly-geek-anaerobic-digestion-20080220 . Greenpeace calls > for > "biodegradable household and food industry waste" to be taken to a "local > biogas plant . urban centres." Greenpeace brochure on biogas in the UK, > page > 12: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/MultimediaFiles/Live/FullReport/7154.pdf > . Friends of the Earth has specifically endorsed construction of > biodegradation facilities in Poland for organic wastes since 2008. > http://bankwatch.org/documents/letter_ DGRegio_08_05_08.pdf. Note: all of > these groups are talking about biogas for waste management, not farm > biogas, > which is an important distinction, explained below. > > " The question is obvious: what do these professional environmental > groups know about biogas than local Polish residents do not seem to know? > Obviously there is an information gap. We will provide the answer in our > description of the technology successfully developed in Denmark over the > last thirty years." > > > It gets better, but this is to get their attention. > > Randy Mott > CEERES > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan > Muller > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:39 AM > To: For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion; For Discussion of Anaerobic > Digestion > Subject: Re: [Digestion] Environmentalists Anti-AD Issues > > Well, on the original point, what I've seen in Minnesota is some enviro > types cheerleading for AD in a rather uninformed way, as if this is their > latest enthusiasm in a long line including corn ethanol, "biomass" burning, > etc. Others, of course, are concerned that proposed projects wouldn't be > good neighbors. > > The interest is sometimes connected to improved organics management, but > more usually to the--typically insignificant--electricity or "biogas" > production. Rarely are people thinking much about the fate of the > digestate. The investors and "economic development" types are mostly > interested in harvesting some of the various incentives associated with > "renewable energy." They, and the politicians, are confused by the > plethora > of folk peddling magic bullet solutions to energy and materials management > problems. It matters not, apparently, that almost all of these ignore > basic > principles of chemistry and thermodynamics we all supposedly learnt in high > school. > > Overall, an amusing but not very productive scene..... > > am > > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergyli > sts.org > > for more information about digestion, see Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more information about digestion, see > Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > > -- Alexander Eaton Sistema Biobolsa IRRI-Mexico RedBioLAC Mex cel: (55) 11522786 US cel: 970 275 4505 [email protected] [email protected] sistemabiobolsa.com www.irrimexico.org www.redbiolac.org
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