garbage/fuel-not in Ohio...again

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Another Waste-to Ethanol Plant going up, But not in OhioJuly 25, 2008

Reno, Nevada is the latest American city in the process of building a waste-to ethanol plant. The plant will be built by Fulcrum BioEnergy and is expected to begin operating in 2010.
Taking municipal sold waste and converting it to ethanol, the Sierra BioFuels plant will produce approximately 10.5 million gallons of biofuel per year, from 90,000 tons of material that otherwise would have been disposed of in landfills. The plant, located ten miles east of Reno, will cost $120 million to build, with construction starting later this year.

Touting the project, Fulcrum President and CEO E. James Macias said,

Converting garbage waste into a clean, renewable fuel for cars has profound social and environmental benefits. It will help mitigate our dependence on imported oil, lower the price of gasoline, reduce the amount of waste landfilled, lower greenhouse gases and create a new industry of jobs and economic growth. Unlike conventional ethanol technology, which uses corn and other agricultural feedstock, our plant will utilize processed municipal solid waste that will not affect the cost or availability of our nation's food supply.

As the Independent Green Party Write-In Candidate for Congress for Ohio's 6th District, I again ask Incumbent Congressman Charlie Wilson and myself why is this type of technology being built in the closed up factories along the Ohio River Valley?

When will Ohio join the 21st Century when it comes to Renewable Energy Sources and new blue-collar jobs for our valley's poor, working, and middle class?

Dennis Spisak- Campaign site: Http://votespisak.org/electspisak.tripod.com

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