What waste?
The one nearest here sells the grain for feed.
They catch the carbon dioxide and turn it into dry ice.
Only waste from that place is sewer water.
And what kind of energy does it take to condense CO2 to freezing? What kind of energy does it take to keep it there? Probably burning coal. And what do you do with the4 dry ice? Their ain't much of a market for it.
Electricity obviously. Here, you can be pretty certain it's coal,
with some nuclear and maybe a few hydro pixies in there too.
Not sure what the dry ice is used for, but there is a big demand.
It's shipped out by the railcar, which is what brings in a lot of the grain.
My only tie to the place is the guy who comes into my work
And does the work on our motor drive systems. He maintains
similar type systems for the plant.
And while I oppose their business.
I admire their efficiency.
Pretty cool to turn grain into alcohlol. (The product)
Sell the used grain. (Turning solid waste into a cash stream)
Sell the Co2. (Turning emissions into a cash stream)
Now if you want to throw a zealot tantrum, their electric needs
generated. They drive cars to work, eat food produced and cooked
by fossil fuels...Hell, it's in coal country. I think the site was a tannery
in the past...
Dont change a thing about an efficient operation.
(Subsidized by government mandate😉.)
