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Ray's Response to Aleksick /Voice of the People, IV PRESS |
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Written by truth
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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Voice: Debunking some sludge myths Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:02 AM PST In response to Mr. Aleksick, in Reader Writes, he claims to debunk the myths and only succeeded in adding to the list. This project is on record as “planning” to produce 17.5 MW of electricity. The other similar plants in operation were “planning” to produce up to 20 MW but so far none of them have produced over 2 MW of electricity.
You have to remember that this sludge plant is not about electricity. It is all about money. There is big money waiting for someone to get rid of the thousand of tons of the waste material that accumulates on a daily basis. The thought of power without fossil fuel appeals to all of us. That is the sell. Having someplace to send the crap is the object of the whole operation. And the money is why Liberty XX wants to fill that need.
They are going to send 166 trucks a day from the coast. Each truck will have 50,000 pounds of poop. If you send a truck into Niland every 9 minutes, are they going to stay in Niland? No, they are going to unload and get out of town. That means there will be a truck coming in to Niland and one going out every 4 1/2 minutes.
It takes 80 gallons of diesel fuel for a round trip to the coast and back. If they are going to use 13,280 gallons of diesel fuel daily, how can this be considered saving on fossil fuel? Last I heard diesel is fossil fuel.
Why don’t those communities build a plant in their own neighborhood and save on all of this diesel and truck traffic? This plant is “planning” to produce electricity with water. The ovens burning the sludge generate the high heat, then water is injected, which turns to steam, which turns the turbines, which makes the electricity. This is the reason why they can’t build this plant on the coast. This plant would consume 600,000 gallons of water per day to accomplish this task. There is no way they could get that much water from any community on the coast.
Remember, food grows where water flows. Do we want to give up that much water? We are still primarily a farming community and that is what keeps this valley alive.
RAY NAUD
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