Comments on: From Trash to Treasure: The Future of Syngas http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/ Discussing the people, ideas, and companies that redefine capitalism and inspire positive change Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jcwinnie http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-2767 jcwinnie Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:24:06 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-2767 "And carting around large mixtures of mercury, lead, and who knows what else is quite unsafe." No problem for inspired economists, just stick those heavy metals in a reservoir and unleash them later when your profits afford you enough lawyers, "elected" officials, pseudo-scientists and lotsa, lotsa PR. “And carting around large mixtures of mercury, lead, and who knows what else is quite unsafe.”

No problem for inspired economists, just stick those heavy metals in a reservoir and unleash them later when your profits afford you enough lawyers, “elected” officials, pseudo-scientists and lotsa, lotsa PR.

]]> By: jcwinnie http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-37837 jcwinnie Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:24:00 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-37837 "And carting around large mixtures of mercury, lead, and who knows what else is quite unsafe." No problem for inspired economists, just stick those heavy metals in a reservoir and unleash them later when your profits afford you enough lawyers, "elected" officials, pseudo-scientists and lotsa, lotsa PR. “And carting around large mixtures of mercury, lead, and who knows what else is quite unsafe.”

No problem for inspired economists, just stick those heavy metals in a reservoir and unleash them later when your profits afford you enough lawyers, “elected” officials, pseudo-scientists and lotsa, lotsa PR.

]]> By: Lisa Wojnovich http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-2601 Lisa Wojnovich Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:16:52 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-2601 From what I read when I was researching this article, the company is hoping to save landfill space by turning waste into energy. What is more, Ze-gen stands to turn a profit from the fees construction firms and cities have to pay to have this stuff hauled away as well as from selling the syngas itself. They certainly wouldn't be able to put the technology on a truck and drive it around though. The molten scrap metal is about 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. And carting around large mixtures of mercury, lead, and who knows what else is quite unsafe. But they are planning to build facilities in areas near constant sources of the required biomass -- starting in the Northeast since that's where they're based. They also want to eventually place small installations in some industrial sites that generate their own waste, providing them with secondary sources of fuel, but that's farther down the road. Most likely, this sort of tech would be similar in purpose to small power plants that already exist all over the country that are used as back up power generation for hospitals and some industrial facilities. From what I read when I was researching this article, the company is hoping to save landfill space by turning waste into energy. What is more, Ze-gen stands to turn a profit from the fees construction firms and cities have to pay to have this stuff hauled away as well as from selling the syngas itself.

They certainly wouldn’t be able to put the technology on a truck and drive it around though. The molten scrap metal is about 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. And carting around large mixtures of mercury, lead, and who knows what else is quite unsafe. But they are planning to build facilities in areas near constant sources of the required biomass — starting in the Northeast since that’s where they’re based. They also want to eventually place small installations in some industrial sites that generate their own waste, providing them with secondary sources of fuel, but that’s farther down the road.

Most likely, this sort of tech would be similar in purpose to small power plants that already exist all over the country that are used as back up power generation for hospitals and some industrial facilities.

]]> By: Lenore http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-2590 Lenore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:32:21 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-2590 This is a good idea... I've heard about places using waste energy to run their facilities. I wish this could be more known about, and used. I agree with Robert, it would be interesting to know if this is really cheaper, or cost effective... I would think it balances out. This is a good idea… I’ve heard about places using waste energy to run their facilities. I wish this could be more known about, and used. I agree with Robert, it would be interesting to know if this is really cheaper, or cost effective… I would think it balances out.

]]> By: Lenore http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-37836 Lenore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:32:00 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-37836 This is a good idea... I've heard about places using waste energy to run their facilities. I wish this could be more known about, and used. I agree with Robert, it would be interesting to know if this is really cheaper, or cost effective... I would think it balances out. This is a good idea… I’ve heard about places using waste energy to run their facilities. I wish this could be more known about, and used. I agree with Robert, it would be interesting to know if this is really cheaper, or cost effective… I would think it balances out.

]]> By: Robert Henry http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-2589 Robert Henry Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:57:05 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-2589 Why don't we have numbers on this? How much energy is created per ton? How costly is this versus landfills. How large can they make it or better yet, can it be made portable on an 18 wheeler and it can "Harvest" land fills all over the country? Why don’t we have numbers on this?

How much energy is created per ton? How costly is this versus landfills.

How large can they make it or better yet, can it be made portable on an 18 wheeler and it can “Harvest” land fills all over the country?

]]> By: Robert Henry http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/01/26/from-trash-to-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-37835 Robert Henry Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:57:00 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1113#comment-37835 Why don't we have numbers on this? How much energy is created per ton? How costly is this versus landfills. How large can they make it or better yet, can it be made portable on an 18 wheeler and it can "Harvest" land fills all over the country? Why don’t we have numbers on this?

How much energy is created per ton? How costly is this versus landfills.

How large can they make it or better yet, can it be made portable on an 18 wheeler and it can “Harvest” land fills all over the country?

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