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Waste-to-energy battle heats up

Submitted by scharrison on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 7:57pm

Varying shades of green:

ReVenture had asked the N.C. Utilities Commission to declare that the trash and yard wastes the plant will consume, and the gas it will produce, are renewable energy resources.

Blue Ridge opposes the use of biomass, a catch-all term for organic wastes, to make energy because burning it releases pollutants.

I'm going to try to avoid my usual (and probably painful to read) didactic approach to this issue, in the hopes that some of you readers will step up and do some trash-talking.

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Re-Venture

Submitted by TrueMeckDem on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 3:03pm.

As most of you know, I am a diehard treehugger (chair of Meck Soil and Water Conservation District) and I support Re-Venture 100%. I have toured the facility and have done countless hours of research on their process and what they will be producing and am comfortable with it.

They are taking a EPA brownfield and are cleaning it up and making it into a viable job creator for my county.

Thanks for the feedback, G

Submitted by scharrison on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 4:04pm.

As a general rule, I prefer reusing stuff that would end up in a landfill. And that includes burning/incineration, as long as MACT are used.

I may head your way sometime in the near future (daughter's at UNCC). What do you think my chances are of getting one of those tours?