[GreenYes] Re: with $400 million, I think we could get darn close to ZW!

[Anne Peters <annep@no.address>]

I just really hope St. Lucie County has thoroughly checked out this 
company's credibility; the payback period; assumptions behind the pro 
forma; financing sources; etc. There is a long history in the waste 
field of con artists selling the latest "black box" super-duper 
technology ("we'll turn your garbage in to gold")- especially outside of 
big cities - and getting the financing and then vanishing in the night...

Eric Lombardi wrote:

>
>       ST. LUCIE COUNTY FLORIDA WILL EMPLOY PLASMA ARC GASIFICATION TO
>       DEAL WITH WASTE
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> St. Lucie County Commissioners recently authorized a plan to contract 
> with Atlanta based Geoplasma LLC to build a plasma arc gasification 
> plant that is expected to gasify at least 3,000 tons of waste per day. 
> Plasma arcs produce a type of artificial lightning that heats anything 
> in its path upwards of 7,000 degrees C. A byproduct of the process is 
> combustible gas which, in this case, will be used to generate enough 
> electricity to power 37,000 to 48,000 homes. The plant will cost $400 
> million and take two years to build.
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> Eric Lombardi
>
> Executive Director/CEO
>
> Eco-Cycle Inc
>
> Boulder, CO. USA
>
> 303-444-6634
>
> www.ecocycle.org
>
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