Roger

Are they bothered about the dioxins when they barbecue a nice piece of
rump steak? Or burn their autumn leaves and other garden rubbish?

More important, do they know what a dioxin is (other than a dirty word)
or how it's produced and/or destroyed?

I'm not getting at you, but this kind of popular village "wisdom" makes
me sick and I blame ecopolitical groups who would have us back in the
stone age for using it to further their ends (and a rush candle to light
their caves would certainly be a rich source of dioxins).

A few dozen strategically-located incineration plants for household
waste in the UK could generate a GW or two of power 24/7/50 with free
fuel and would reduce landfill needs by 90% or more.

Sorry to be so aggressive!

Best regards,

Brian

Roger Bilham wrote:
>
> Brian and others,
>
> An issue which appears to be limiting the use of this useful source of
> energy in the UK is the generation of unpleasant chemicals, such as
> dioxins. No doubt, if the plant is properly designed and run, this is
> not a problem, but the public perception here is that it is and there is
> resistance to building more of these plants.
>
> Roger Bilham
>
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, b_ellis
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >If you go to http://www.bnellis.com/ecobags/ , you will see how much
> >energy can be recovered after a shopping expedition to the local
> >supermarket. This is a French initiative (translated into English). I
> >don't know what capacity is available in France but I do know that the
> >generation capacity in Switzerland from household waste is 277 MW. By
> >extrapolation, this should be equivalent to over 2 GW for the UK,
> >France, Germany or Italy or 8 GW for the USA. Is it?
> >
> >Brian
> >
>
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