What Would It Take To Believe Gasification Is Dead?

With all this double talk and mixed signals from WasteStream, and the fact that they have no more credibility, it would take a County Ordinance prohibiting the gasification of  waste, of any kind, anywhere on the Big Island.  Yes, that is what it will take for me to accept their turndown of gasification.   Anything less than that, just won’t cut it anymore.

As late as at the November 10th meeting, we witnessed a speaker trying to sell the idea of gasification, as a clean and safe process, nothing harmful goes into the air he said.  We all know now, from reading the information provided on the 'Against' web-site, and other sources referenced, that this is simply not true.  No doubt, I could find texts, from industry friendly sources that would have us believe all is well.  Involved industries of any kind, are always ready to lie to sell their goods.  Remember the snake-oil salesman of the old west, portrayed in western movies?  I say, the old west is not dead yet, we still have the odd snake-oil salesman trying to bamboozle us.  Today however, it is no longer so easy to sell snake-oil, people are better educated now.  You show them snake-oil, and darn it they know right-away what it is.  So much for progress, it just ain't that easy anymore.


I say, if WasteStream truly moved away from this nutty idea of gasification, why bring it still up?  Why bother?  The answer is, it is just on the back-burner, simmering ready to be served again.  It could not be helped, the simmering temperature, apparently, was high enough to have gasification bubble to the surface, it blew the lid right off.