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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>With respect to burning waste to generate power, it's a lot smarter to say that it depends a lot on the waste being incinerated, and the way that it is being done.  In general burning municipal waste is in the USA unfeasible, but there are fuels like waste wood and non-recyclable waste paper that can be burned cleanly to generate electricity.  And like people using wood to heat their homes in efficient wood stoves, there are ways to burn clean wastes (wood, some types of crop residues, waste paper) on a municipal scale and there are places in Europe where they have several years experience doing just that under much tougher environmental rules than we have here. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For some examples check out the Gasification Discussion List, and its web site: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/">http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Erin Rasmussen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>BioEnergy Discussion List<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>erin@trmiles.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carmine Vasile<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 21, 2011 4:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Reuben Demling; Gennaro Brooks-Church<br><b>Cc:</b> GB Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Another Green Myth: Garbage Incinerators Are Green Sources of Energy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Reuben & Gennaro: Here's another Green Myth: In</span><span class=ecxapple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#061826'>cinerators that generate power by burning trash should be eligible for state renewable energy subsidies. See Comment #1 below Re: "</span></span><span class=ecxapple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>State PSC delays vote on incinerators</span></i></b></span><span class=ecxapple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>", By JENNIFER SMITH (Newsday, 11/18/11):</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=ecxapple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Had Jennifer Smith and </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#061826;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>commission members wanting to know more before deciding </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Googled "T<b><i>itle V air permit covanta northport</i></b>" they would have found plenty of reasons to support the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#061826;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>staff recommendations to reject Covanta's petition -- like the GreenAction Fact Sheet @ </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://greenaction.org/stanislaus/covantafactsheet.shtml" target="_blank"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>http://greenaction.org/stanislaus/covantafactsheet.shtml</span></a><span class=ecxapple-style-span><span style='color:black'>, which states:</span><span style='color:#061826;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></span><b><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>The Covanta Waste-to-Energy Garbage Incinerator in Crow's Landing Pollutes Our Air! </span><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#EEEEEE'>Stop Toxic Pollution from the Covanta Garbage Incinerator in Crow's Landing!</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=ecxapple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Carmine</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>gfxtechnology.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>