You may have heard that Whitewater has before her a ‘monumental’ opportunity for the construction of a vast waste digester in the city, and that this prospect is an example of green technology. There have been two local newspaper stories to this effect, but little substance to either (and significant errors in one).
I have a post category dedicated to the proposal, but over the next few days I will write about waste digesters generally. I’ll describe how they work, what goes into them, what comes out of them, and the economics of digesters.
There are other questions, particular to Whitewater, that I will consider in detail another time.
One should be clear about what digesters are truly like, beyond vague claims and airy speculation. An American community should be a place of sound reasoning, open discussion, and good policy. We are an honest, reasonable, technologically-advanced people. No one deserves less than a plain and accurate description.
Tomorrow: How Digesters Work.