Hi!

Just re-read the original story.  "First of its kind in the
world."!!!!  Bushwa!  Biomass generation and cogeneration has been in
use in the Us for at least 20 years.  I was marginally involved in a couple
(using timber slashings and lumbermill waste) bac

I mean, it's a neat idea and one that should be used whenever posssible. 
But - new and ground breaking?!  Not even close.  As a matter of fact, now
that I think of it, some lumbermills in the US were doing this back in the
early 1900s.  Most stopped when

Russ, the ex-electrical utility waterweasel
-------Original Message-------
From: John Nieminen 
Sent: 05/24/03 02:52 PM
To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
Subject: RE: [BR-2] Macadamia powered

> 
> and another story about making oil:

http://www.discover.com/may_03/gthere.html?article=featoil.html;">http://www.discover.com/may_03/gthere.html?article=featoil.htmlhttp://www.discover.com/may_03/gthere.html?article=featoil.html">http://www.discover.com/may_03/gthere.html?article=featoil.html;

pretty interesting stuff....  wonder if the oil companies will have a say
in
it?


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bardroom2{at}tantech.com [mailto:owner-bardroom2{at}tantech.com]On
Behalf Of Kestrel
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 7:59 PM
To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
Subject: [BR-2] Macadamia powered


2.
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT ...
Macadamia-nut shells will soon be the source of electricity for more
than 1,200 Australian homes.  Construction began this week on a
biomass cogeneration plant in the northern Australian state of
Queensland that will produce renewable energy by burning more than
5,000 tons of shells generated by the nation's native macadamia nut
industry.  "This project ... could be replicated across a range of
other industries, including peanut, timber, meat, wheat, and grain
processing, where waste streams could generate heat, electricity, and
revenue," said Kate Skilleter of Ergon Energy, the state-owned
company behind the venture.  The plant, the first of its kind in the
world, should be online by August.

straight to the source:  Planet Ark, Reuters, 23 May 2003
http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1156>


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Is that cool or what!?



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