Chicken waste as fuel draws fire

nicaq25
By nicaq25

Activists fight small power plants

Opponents of burning chicken droppings as a renewable energy resource are lobbying state lawmakers in a bid to derail three proposed power plants that would use manure for fuel.

The opposition has grown to include the state NAACP, which says that building the proposed power plants in rural areas would expose blacks and poor people to arsenic and other pollutants.

The criticism presents another public-relations hurdle to Fibrowatt, the Pennsylvania company that has spent the past decade exploring the state for development. Fibrowatt promotes itself as a clean-energy company but has met opposition in several states where it has proposed the power plants.

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1427951.html

By Vivo Bonito• 5 Mar 2009 18:21
Vivo Bonito

wow! what an idea!! magnifico!!

and here's the latest news leaked from the scientist notes i took last night....

in an undisclosed scientist laboratory, it has been proved that BODY ODOR could generate to run a power generator... according to the surveys, Qatar is one of the prime target to source out the most abundant renewable energy source....

what a news!! wow!!!

~~Life's Cycle~~~

By anonymous• 5 Mar 2009 18:03
anonymous

ANOTHER PORK SPENDING that needs to be stop.....

The problem is I think you’re an overeducated, 27-year-old virgin who holds the hands of superstitious old women and promises them eternity.

By nicaq25• 5 Mar 2009 15:36
nicaq25

make it crispy for me!lol!

"I do live by the motto that pessimists are usually right, but all the great change in history was done by optimists" -Thomas Friedman

By uk import• 5 Mar 2009 15:16
uk import

Forget about the resulting airborne pollutants, what on earth is the quality of the chicken meat that people are eating if their droppings have Arsenic in them?

Factory farming at its best!

By nicaq25• 5 Mar 2009 14:53
nicaq25

in chicken droppings!LOL!

"I do live by the motto that pessimists are usually right, but all the great change in history was done by optimists" -Thomas Friedman

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