Reply To: CCEM 102 – Question 4

[Carly Johansson]

I have to admit I am still on the fence as to if this is a “Renewable Energy” project. Like Ryan states – it is hard see this as renewable given the end product. I found another project that seems a little more likely capable to be considered renewable in New York State – but you do need a larger urban area to produce enough plastic waste to make it viable (http://www.plastic2oil.com/site/home) – taking waste plastics and converting them back to oil using waste gases to fire the ongoing furnace. Both of these processes can’t be considered Renewable in the traditional sense as they are missing the final link of capturing the Carbon gas released by burning the fuels. There are positives to these projects given the issues that they provide answer for regarding waste management and they are a step in the right direction and will ultimately help us more then hinder.