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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:37 PM Original message |
PPL To Install 4.8 MW Renewable Energy Power Plant in Vermont (landfill methane) |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. 4.8 megawatts? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Obviously it is because there are >1000 MW of similar landfill methane power projects |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What happens to the carbon? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's combusted to CO2 - and carbon neutral in that form |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And released into the atmosphere? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. ummm...it's carbon neutral |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Did they use fossil fuels to grow that rotted organic matter? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Vermont garbage - without a doubt - traveled fewer miles and used less fossil fuel to get there |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Who mentioned anything about yellowcake and uranium? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It most certainly is carbon neutral |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Ugh, are you intentionally not listening, or haven't you been on a farm before? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. ugh, are you intentionally ignoring photosynthesis and the carbon cycle??? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You know, I just realized how ironic this argument is, coming from you |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hmmm |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Fair enough |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. YAY. I am a big fan of methane (from waste)-to-electricity. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Exactly, Methane is many times worse than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. |
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