{"id":2571,"date":"2010-11-01T17:03:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T21:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/due-diligence-on-biomass-combustion-by-dr-william-sammons.html"},"modified":"2010-11-01T17:03:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T21:03:57","slug":"due-diligence-on-biomass-combustion-by-dr-william-sammons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/due-diligence-on-biomass-combustion-by-dr-william-sammons.html","title":{"rendered":"Due Diligence on Biomass Combustion, by Dr. William Sammons"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5120631437\/in\/set-72157625129414895\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1354\/5120631437_847a83150d_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nMonday a week ago\nDr. William Sammons, a pediatrician\nwho has studied biomass plants nationwide, called them\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/10\/proposed-plant-said-to-be-medical-atrocity.html\">\n&#8220;a medical atrocity.&#8221;<\/a>\nHis\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/biomass\/save_forum\/Sammons_2010-10-25_Valdosta.pdf\">\nslides from that talk are now available on the LAKE web pages.<\/a>\n<p>\nFor example, he demonstrated that burning wood is dirtier than burning coal:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5137089546\/in\/set-72157625165752803\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1347\/5137089546_a7b7a96b0c_o.png\"><\/a>\n<p>\nThis slide shows data taken from biomass plant permits.\nAlso notice\n\n<!--more-->\nit compares woody biomass plants to coal and natural gas plants\naccording to the amount of electricity produced.\nThis is the same comparison\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/unanswered-concerns.html\">\nI repeatedly asked the Valdosta-Lowndes County\nIndustrial Authority (VLCIA) to do<\/a>,\nwith no results.\nWell, except\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/were-moving-forward-with-permits-in-hand.html\">\nthis:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nWe&#8217;re moving forward with permits in hand. Have a nice day.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe due diligence the VLCIA refused to do, Dr. Sammons did do.\nFor another example, the VLCIA has produced no information about\nemissions except what was required to get an air quaity permit.\nDr. Sammons dug deeper:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5137089658\/in\/set-72157625165752803\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4043\/5137089658_3a56937613_o.png\"><\/a>\n<p>\nRegarding particulate matter (PM), there is as near as studies can\ndetermine no lower limit below which there is no health risk.\nThis is according to the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/circ.ahajournals.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/109\/21\/2655\">\nAmerican Heart Association.<\/a>\nNote that Dr. Sammons provides citations for peer-reviewed\nsource for his information.\nThe gist is simple: biomass incineration is dirtier than coal\nand the profit to a very few people is not worth the danger to our health.\n<p>\nOK, so what can we do?\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5137089708\/in\/set-72157625165752803\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4011\/5137089708_2470c94427_o.png\"><\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/solar-hahira.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/archive\/x955425762\/g0a0000000000000000e9824446cef2987ab8614588b9bb0f52a5ed190c.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe can do real clean energy: solar, efficiency, and conservation,\nplus wind off the coast.\nActually, we&#8217;ve already started,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/solar-hahira.html\">\nright here in Hahira.<\/a>\n<p>\nThere&#8217;s much more in\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/biomass\/save_forum\/Sammons_2010-10-25_Valdosta.pdf\">\nDr. Sammons&#8217; slides.<\/a>\nYou can go see for yourself.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday a week ago Dr. William Sammons, a pediatrician who has studied biomass plants nationwide, called them &#8220;a medical atrocity.&#8221; His slides from that talk are now available on the LAKE web pages. 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