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The conflict of growing crops for biomass or food.
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<blockquote data-quote="Jonny B88" data-source="post: 8150994" data-attributes="member: 10679"><p>Yes a digester is a great idea for recycling waste into a useable product, energy. However growing crops to feed said digesters is stupid, why, because the crops are not waste. They are a valuable commodity with multiple uses. Skipping all of those uses to the recycling stage is a waste. </p><p></p><p>You are essentially expending energy to create energy, i honestly can’t see how it adds up from an energy in to energy out ratio.</p><p></p><p>Not to mention all the other uses of the land which could be carried out.</p><p>For instance grassing it out for livestock production would have the potential to capture more carbon than than a digester would help offset in my opinion….only my opinion.</p><p></p><p>If all the food waste, garden waste even slurries or fym if deemed useful enough would be a decent job because its adding value to those wastes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jonny B88, post: 8150994, member: 10679"] Yes a digester is a great idea for recycling waste into a useable product, energy. However growing crops to feed said digesters is stupid, why, because the crops are not waste. They are a valuable commodity with multiple uses. Skipping all of those uses to the recycling stage is a waste. You are essentially expending energy to create energy, i honestly can’t see how it adds up from an energy in to energy out ratio. Not to mention all the other uses of the land which could be carried out. For instance grassing it out for livestock production would have the potential to capture more carbon than than a digester would help offset in my opinion….only my opinion. If all the food waste, garden waste even slurries or fym if deemed useful enough would be a decent job because its adding value to those wastes. [/QUOTE]
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