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<br /> <br /> ~ZZ/aFf v~~ <br /> j~"~i <br /> <br /> ~w - &7LA6 &jr- <br /> <br /> <br /> ~l ~ ~6 x.20 <br /> r <br /> reports that wpop-to-energy emits <br /> carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous <br /> oxide (N20), both greenhouse <br /> gases. N20 is 300 times more <br /> potent, with longer-term effect, <br /> than C02. <br /> r !,l/08. James Weatherford <br /> Lj fiy?~ Keaau <br /> Our waste legacy <br /> r. Landfills have always been the <br /> Harmful incinerators ' cheapest way to dispose of trash <br /> It is my understanding that they in the short term, but making a <br /> can't approve the incinerator until new one does not make sense <br /> an EIS is done, which hasn't hap unless we choose to continue to <br /> pened yet. I have never seen an ignore the long-term degradation <br /> EIS for an incinerator that didn't j of the atmosphFre that landfills <br /> tr show unacceptable levels of lead cause. <br /> mercury and other toxins being It's foolish to expect solutions <br /> given off. to be cheap. Waste-to-energy <br /> Several months age, the mayor . requires a large investment, but in <br /> r said he would not approve an the long term it will pay a divi- <br /> incinerator if it would cause any' de4d that will be measured in -the <br /> harm. Since the mayor is a man of rate at which the am rise and <br /> 'finis word, I don't think an incin- inundate the coastal areas of our <br /> 7 erator is in our future, planet. <br /> • <br /> 8tt~ii['a>el 1 . It's difficult to assign a mon- <br /> i} "i • value to 'that, but that doesn't <br /> mean it's not real, or that our <br /> Dan rM GINkNIM . descendants will not pay for our <br /> r failure to understand the conse- <br /> In the Tribune-Herald article, quences of our decisions. <br /> x 'A case to incinerate," (Satur- We offer tp harsh judgments of <br /> i r E V a day, March 15) this statement past poicymalaers for being short- <br /> Q by Frank Ferraro, Wheelabrator sighted about the environment, <br /> o vice-president of public affairs but they didn't know much about <br /> is false: "That's where waste-to- ecology. We do. <br /> energy technology is a real asset, Will historians of the future <br /> w waste-to-energy facilities actually be more forgiving' of our poor <br /> avoid greenhouse gas emissions." choices, despite the warnings of <br /> The U.S. Environmental Fro- science? I doubt it <br /> tection Agency (httpl/www.epa. : 44/ Jesse Crawford <br /> gov/climatechange/emissions) Hilo <br /> Comm. No. <br /> o& <br /> Ref. To: *i&aW0 <br /> r _ Ref. Dote ellttt g 5 2008 - <br /> Gt1 Z~,D l U'~ ~p e~~?u ~~~Gfi~L~t2 <br />