Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume IV, Issue
19, May 12,
2014
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
Perhaps
our most precious resource
is one we all waste. There
is no area of our life that
is not touched by this form
of waste, and try as we
might, we cannot stop
wasting it. We can only
hope to avoid the damage
and reduce the loss. We all
waste Time.
When it
comes to exacting an impact
on our very existence,
wasting Time ranks right up
there with the
unconscionable crime of
illegal dumping, or "fly
tipping" as the Brits call
it. In fact, wasting time
is a LOT like dumping; some
amount is bound to just get
lost, and more is sure to
get blown away when little
thought is given to keeping
things tidy. If you don't
pay attention to where the
time goes, it just seems to
slip away.
But
that's not really the Crime
here. After all, we all
need some Time off. The
problem begins to get bad
when we know that something
needs to be done, and we
fiddle around,
procrastinating. But the
real problem comes
when there is a clear and
present need to act in a
Timely manner, and this is
met with obstinate refusal.
The amount of precious Time
wasted is compounded when
there is a conscious effort
to block others from
getting that needed work
accomplished, because of
some ill-conceived
contrarian attitude,
because of a lack of care,
of worse yet, because of
small-minded and deeply
vested self
interest.
That's
right where we are now dear
readers, when it comes to
developing and actually
implementing broad-reaching
programs of resource
recovery through the clean
conversion of waste to
energy, fuels, and other
commodities. We have the
tools, we have the
know-how, and we darn sure
have enough garbage. The
problem is the Politic. We
as a society, delegate
responsibility to our
supposed leaders with the
rightful expectation of
timely action. Those placed
in power seem to lack an
honest accountability for
the use of Time and that
just results in more wasted
Resources.
I know, I know; this Wasted
Time thing applies to every
aspect of our world, so
where does a person begin?
But then, we all need to
pick our battles. We at
Teru Talk are convinced
that there is a pressing
need to spur our Elected,
Appointed and Anointed
Leaders toward, sane and
timely support for
recovery of resources from
the Tsunami of Trash
through clean,
technology-neutral
conversion of waste. In
these days of Instant
Information, "I didn't
know" is a pitiful excuse
for inaction. Problem is,
when we scratch the surface
we find that everyone has
an agenda, and this applies
to those in leadership
positions, perhaps more
than others. We have a
revolving door of
individuals charged with
specific duties, among
which are those associated
with resource recovery. The
Time they waste is OUR
time, and those are OUR
resources!
Hey
Rube!
I
think I worked up a sweat with
that diatribe. Yet when faced
with key agency place-holders
who continue to stall and
hardly even make excuses any
more, I have to ask if my own
silence is at least part of the
problem. So here's a Loud
Message for those in leadership
positions:
Waste No
More of the Public's
Time.
Implement
Clean, Sane,
Technology-Neutral Waste
Conversion
for
Resource Recovery
NOW.
This Week's Top Story
Genan Opens
World's Largest Tire
Recycling Facility in
Texas
Denmark
based Genan has announced
the official opening of
the world's largest tire
recycling facility in
Houston, Texas. Genan
currently operates the
world's four largest
tire-processing plants in
Germany and Denmark.
05/06/2014
The
Week's News
BCS AFC2
Units Selected for Daejeon,
South Korea Municipal AD
Retrofit
BioConversion
Solutions (BCS) has
announced that its
Advanced Fluidized
Co-Digestion and
Co-Generation (AFC2)
system will be installed
to retrofit the City of
Daejeon, South Korea's
anaerobic digester.
05/10/2014
Anellotech's
Pearl River Pilot Plant
Successfully Produces
Kilogram-Scale
BTX
New York
based Anellotech Inc has
announced that its Pearl
River Pilot Plant is
successfully producing
kilogram-scale quantities
of green BTX that is
being made available to
strategic partners for
downstream development.
05/10/2014
QV Foods
& Tamar Energy Open AD
Facility for Closed-Loop
Waste
Conversion
United
Kingdom (UK) based Tamar
Energy and QV Foods have
announced the official
opening of the 1.5 MW
anaerobic digestion (AD)
facility located at QV
Foods' headquarters and
food-processing site in
Holbeach, Lincolnshire,
England.
05/09/2014
ETH Zurich
Researchers Make
Breakthrough in Biomass
Pretreatment
The
Swiss institution ETH
Zurich, founded in 1855,
is considered one of the
leading international
university for technology
and natural sciences.
05/09/2014
Scotland's
Haggis Producer Macsween
Reaches 100% Landfill Free
Milestone
Edinburgh
based Macsween, provender
of traditional Scottish
foods including Haggis,
has announced that it has
successfully reached a
100% landfill-free
production status.
05/08/2014
CEC Awards
$5MM to Crimson Renewable
for Advanced Biofuels
Facilities
The
California Energy
Commission (CEC) has
awarded another $5
million grant to Colorado
based Crimson Renewable
Energy LP, this time for
the company's Phase II
expansion of its
Bakersfield Biodiesel
Production Plant.
05/08/2014
Waste2Tricity Is
Sole Vendor for Powerhouse's
Pyromex Systems in
Thailand
Waste2Tricity
Limited (W2T) has
announced an agreement
with PowerHouse Energy
Group plc (PHE) making
W2T’s Thai subsidiary
Waste2Tricity
International (Thailand)
Sole Vendor for the
Pyromex system in
Thailand.
05/07/2014
ACEEE
Launches State and Local
Energy Efficiency Policy
Database
Toolset
The
American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy
(ACEEE) has launched a
new free-access database
suite of tools
highlighting state and
local policies and
programs focused on
increasing energy
efficiency.
05/07/2014
US DOE Will
Host Workshop on Process
Integration and Carbon
Efficiency
The US
Department of Energy's
(DOE) BioEnergy
Technologies Office
(BETO) has opened
registration for a
workshop to explore
advances in biological
and chemical conversion
of lignocellulosic
feedstocks to biofuels
and bioproducts.
05/07/2014
CARB
Schedules LCFS 2014 Advisory
Panel Public Meeting for May
19th
The
California Air Resources
Board (CARB) has
announced the first
meeting of the Low Carbon
Fuel Standard (LCFS) 2014
Advisory Panel on May 19,
2014 from 9:00 am to 4:00
pm.
05/06/2014
The Week's Action
Items
Due
05/30/2014: Stakeholder
Input to US DOE on Biofuel
Pathways
The US
Department of Energy's
(DOE) BioEnergy
Technologies Office
(BETO) has issued a
Request for Information
(RFI), DE-FOA-0001124.
05/06/2014
Due
05/30/2014: Expressions of
Interest to FortisBC for
Regional Biogas
Supply
The
Canadian regulated
utility FortisBC based in
Surrey, British Colombia
is seeking expressions of
interest from potential
biomethane suppliers for
its renewable natural gas
program.
05/10/2014
Due
07/18/2014: Applications to
NREL for Clean Energy
Presentations
The
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) will
present the 27th Industry
Growth Forum October 28 -
29, 2014 in Denver
Colorado.
05/10/2014
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