PLEASE remove me from this listserv!! (2nd time)
thank you,
Katelyn

On Thu Sep 07 08:57:49 EDT 2006, Jason Evans <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

> Dear BEST'ers,
> 
> It came to my attention yesterday that many BEST members may not 
> have realized that we are able to post ratings on the Florida 
> House of Representatives "100 Ideas" page. It is also possible to 
> post comments on the ideas. I strongly encourage BEST members to 
> visit the site, rate ideas that have relevance for development of 
> bioenergy and sustainable technologies, and post comments on 
> issues that you have knowledge and interest.
> 
> Dr. Humphrey's posting on the site regarding conversion of 
> traditional wastewater plants into methane generating anaerobic 
> digesters is copied below.
> 
> Here's the site: http://www.100ideas.org/ideas.php
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Waste-to-Energy from Municipal Sewage
> 
> 
> "Convene a task force of agency staff and corporate/university 
> scientists and engineers to develop a proposal for replacing 
> municipal sewage treatment plants with anaerobic digesters that 
> convert sewage to methane to fire electricity-generation plants. 
> There is no technological constraint to doing so, only legal, 
> regulatory, and capital constraints. This new approach, done at 
> large scale, would transform huge sources of pollution to huge 
> sources of energy to fuel our economy. The technology is 
> beginning to be applied to dairy farms and livestock feedlots in 
> Florida (see for example 
> http://rgp.ufl.edu/publications/explore/v11n2/extract3.html), but 
> the much bigger problem/opportunity is the manure of human 
> municipalities."
> --------------------------------
> Thinking the opportunity too good to pass up, I recently posted 
> this idea on the 100 Ideas webpage sponsored by the Florida House 
> of Representatives, <http://www.100ideas.org/ideas.php> 
> http://www.100ideas.org/ideas.php  This "ideafest" activity is a 
> national movement that is backed by the incoming Speaker of the 
> Florida House.
> 
> 
> Dr. Stephen R. Humphrey, Director of Academic Programs, School of 
> Natural Resources and Environment, Box 116455, 103 Black Hall, 
> University of Florida Gainesville, FL  32611-6455  USA Tel. 
> 352-392-9230, Fax 352-392-9748  <http://snre.ufl.edu/> 
> http://snre.ufl.edu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Jason Evans
> Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Ecology
> School of Natural Resources and the Environment
> University of Florida
> (352) 466-4549 - home office
> (352) 328-1199 - cell
> 
> 



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LYNCH,KATELYN K