Frederick Sparber wrote:
In the future, "biorefineries" for producing new biomass-based fuels, chemicals, and other products will help to create a major new domestic industry, and they will provide a wide range of valuable products based on renewable resources. They will also allow us to reduce our dependence on imported oil."
Altruistic??
Probably cost effective. Ya gotta applaud Gov. Pataki's order no. 111:
http://www.gorr.state.ny.us/gorr/EO111_fulltext.htm
The MTA Corona maintenance facility has both photovoltaic and fuel cell systems for load shaving. Look at the gyrations they went through to justify the PV:
http://www.clean-power.com/research/customerPV/CoronaMaintenanceShop.pdf
Here's a real negative incentive for large systems:
http://www.photon-magazine.com/news/news_02-07_am_nyc_transit.htm
