http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/30/endorsements-for-hire-in-tassie-pulp-mill-debate/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/30/endorsements-for-hire-in-tassie-pulp-mill-debate/#comment-10271 Mike Walker Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-10271 Assuming the mill does go ahead, I would be interested to know if it will include a facility to digest the "waste" for fermentation into biofuel. The technology to produce ethanol from lignocellulose waste is well advanced. It would improve the economics. Assuming the mill does go ahead, I would be interested to know if it will include a facility to digest the “waste” for fermentation into biofuel. The technology to produce ethanol from lignocellulose waste is well advanced. It would improve the economics.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/30/endorsements-for-hire-in-tassie-pulp-mill-debate/#comment-10272 John McCombe Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-10272 Tas Uni's Graeme Wells cost-benefit analysis (22/8/7) estimated the mill would produce a $3.3b drain on the state's economy. He says Gunns double-counted tax benefits, ignored $947.3m in subsidies, and impacts on other industries and health effects. Tas Uni’s Graeme Wells cost-benefit analysis (22/8/7) estimated the mill would produce a $3.3b drain on the state’s economy. He says Gunns double-counted tax benefits, ignored $947.3m in subsidies, and impacts on other industries and health effects.

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