[Gasification] sustainability

[linvent at aol.com]

 That depends on "liability". There are many versions of it. Financial liability occurs when a government entity issues a bond say an industrial development bond. One city here in New Mexico leased out a piece of land to a tire recycling plant and it caught fire and was declared a super fund site, so the city had to come up with the money to clean it up. Other such tales of woe are out there. 
	There are also ways of mitigating this risk such as a variety of guarantees, insurance, etc. They add to the cost, but may make the mayor sleep better if they can be had. 
Sincerely,
Leland T. "Tom" Taylor
Thermogenics Inc. 



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From: Stephen Abbadessa via Gasification <gasification at lists.bioenergylists.org>
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 	 		 			From: 			sabbadess at aol.com 		 		 			To: 			gasification at lists.bioenergylists.org 		 		 			Subject: 			Re: [Gasification] sustainability 		 		 			Date: 			Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:47:05 -0500 		 	 
    Kermit,
  There should be a roster in city hall of people that wish to buy stock and help to form such projects.
   
  We tried that here in Ellsworth, ME, USA.  The town couldn't handle the prospect of municipal liability being involved in private projects.
   
  Stephen
   
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 From: Kermit Schlansker <kssustain at gmail.com>
 To: gasification <gasification at lists.bioenergylists.org>
 Sent: Thu, Jan 22, 2015 10:05 am
 Subject: [Gasification] sustainability
 
                                                 Ideas on Sustainability 
     
               We have no right to dismiss Global Warming. The consequences are so dire that if the probability of warming occurring were only .1% we still would have to act. Furthermore the question really is whether we have to conserve or not. As the years go by we will run out of many resources including fossil fuels and it is imperative that we conserve them. Still another reason is that by reducing consumption we can reduce the basic cost of living and that will be essential at a time where poverty is everywhere. 
                It is imperative that we build more nuclear plants because that is the only source of energy large enough to save us from total despair. Solar, biomass and wind can never produce enough to satisfy our needs. However energy sources are only competitive in terms of priority and price. We need all of them. Some of them are much easier to finance than nuclear and we must proceed on all fronts. We must develop all types of energy conservation and alternate energy production in order to keep the cost and number of nuclear plants down to a manageable level.
                 Geometry is the best tool for conserving energy. Cities must be designed a square mile at a time. That square mile should be packed with apartment houses, factories, multi-purpose buildings, a department store, and anything else that is needed for every day life. Towns should be so designed that “walking to work will save the earth” The construction of single family houses should be stopped. The first step is to stop subsidizing them in any way. Apartments will save large amounts of heating energy and the compactness they can create will greatly reduce transportation energy. City and county governments must assist in the formation of car pools. Apartments are the only way of saving energy that costs nothing because we need a place to live anyhow. 
                 Energy saving devices such as cogeneration, comanufacturing, combustion driven heat pumps, and solar mirrors for both power generation and heating must be developed. Biomass gasifying and biodigestion must be experimented with. Large amounts of biomass including fruit trees must be planted. Cities must plant parks and streets with edible plants. It is essential that sewage be biodigested along with other biomass and used to make fertilizer, fuel gas, and clean water The digestion residues can initially be used for fertilizing energy crops in order to avoid pollution problems
              There should be large farms with apartment houses on them rather than single family houses that destroy both cropland and wilderness. Experimental farming should develop both energy and food crops. Farm apartment buildings are ideal places to experiment with heating, cooling, small windmills, and solar energy. 
                It is imperative that city, State, and county governments get involved in initiating large energy projects such as an energy farm or experimental low heat apartments. A universal factory would also be a good project. In order to do this they should work together to start and finance such projects. It is as essential to make it easier for ordinary citizens to form cooperatives and small corporations that would do energy or food projects. There should be a roster in city hall of people that wish to buy stock and help to form such projects.
     
              Kermit Schlansker   PE     kssustain at gmail.com
   
   
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