[Digestion] Environmentalists Anti-AD Issues

Alexander Eaton alex at sistemabiobolsa.com
Fri Jul 1 09:52:08 CDT 2011


Randy, can you share the odor paper?

Cheers

A

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Randy Mott <randymott at ceeres.eu> 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: digestion-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
> [mailto:digestion-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] 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
>
>
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