January 15, 2007
Transforming sewage sludge into Milorganite fertilizer
Solar energy would provide nearly all of the electrical power needed to transform sewage sludge into Milorganite fertilizer at the Jones Island wastewater treatment plant, under a proposal by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
The Milorganite plant would become nearly 100% self-sufficient for electrical needs, depending on cloud cover, if the solar panels are installed,
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No offense, but this is a pretty crappy post. seriously, I hope we see a whole lot more of this sort of stuff in the coming years
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No, this is some good shit, surely. The only thing I don't really understand is why they need electricity. Just dry it and shove it in bags...
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I am always skeptical about this stuff. Seems like all this innovative crap comes with a hidden cost or gets dropped by the wayside. Wouldn't it be nice if it worked as well off the drawing board?
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Seems like all this innovative crap comes with a hidden cost Milorganite's been around for a long time. My folks used to buy it. Until they heard about the toxic metals. Oops.
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this sort of thing has been around for a while. I'm still confused as to why they have been using natural gas all this time, when sewerage plants like Melbourne's have been collecting methane, fertilising paddocks etc for decades. I'm waiting for the day when they actually pay me for my contributions to their enterprises...