Green collars

I remember when there were just the white collars and the blue collars, I was a blue collar. Now I like the idea of the green collars, why? Well, because we need a new answer for an old problem, "land-fills". The average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash per day. That is approximately 220 million tons of garbage each year. The U.S. EPA ranks the major greenhouse gas contributing end-user sectors in the following order: industrial, transportation, residential, commercial and agricultural. Major sources of an individual's green house gas include home heating and cooling, electricity consumption, and transportation. And MSW caused by solid waste.

If landfill gas is not harvested, it escapes into the atmosphere: this is undesirable because methane is a greenhouse gas with much more global warming potential than carbon dioxide. Over a time span of 100 years, one ton of methane produces the same greenhouse gas effect as 23 tons of CO₂. When methane burns, it produces carbon dioxide in the ratio 1:1 -- CH₄ + 2O₂ = CO₂ + 2H₂O. So, by harvesting and burning landfill gas, its global warming potential is reduced, in addition to providing energy for heat and power.

We are currently researching photosynthetic organisms for the purpose of using natural resources, to produce organic compounds with photosynthesis organisms. The general equation is this; CO₂ + 2 H₂A + photons → (CH₂O)n + O₂ + 2A

We know that Biodegradable waste such as food waste or sewage, can be broken down naturally by microorganisms either aerobically or anaerobically. If the disposal of biodegradable waste is not controlled it can cause a number of problems including contributing to the release of greenhouse gases and has an impact upon human health via encouragement of pathogens.

So I say get a job! Get a green-collar job, we need people like you to seek well paying green jobs. What do you think?

brian@tlcearth.org