Reply #27: I'm not that good a scientist. [View All]

[Silverhair]

While I do have a B.S. in science, it is from a long time ago. I have tried to keep up by subscribing to Scientific American and Discover. I have found both of them to be extremely good in those areas where I have the ability to check on their science, so I rely on their articles in those areas where I am less informed. I am unable to run any calculations that would have any value, as I don't have the data to begin with. What I can do is follow a line of reasoning to see if logic is in accordance with what I already understand.

We are having to spend a LOT of money now processing and storing waste. That waste could be recycled via TDP. That in itself is a huge major step forward. The article says that there is enough biowaste in the U.S. to eliminate our importation of oil. I trust them on their figures.

The sense of most, (Not all) of the posters is hostile to TDP. The Reps are letting the big coporations take care of development. CWT is a joint venture with Conagra. Conagra is a BIG BUCKS super corporation. They wouldn't put money into this unless their scientists had already decided it would work. The pilot plant in NJ is already working at an energy profit. (More useable energy produced than consumed in the process.) And in a few years posters will be complaining about the big recycling corporations.