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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