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energy inue peuuenee. a recently completed study, funded by USD A, confirms that it is technically feasible, economically viable and environmentally positive to have a small-scale biomass plant at our landfill for converting local trash and residues into electricity or biofuel and bio-dieseL Rather than continue to bury wastes that emit greenhouse gases, we hope to produce enough ethanol or electricity in a closed-loop, oxygen-deprived system to fuel every vehicle in the county or electrify every house and building in Warrenton with leftover for the county
It is our goal to make this project the centerpiece of our Green initiative, which calls for a 50 percent reduction in our carbon footprint by 2020. This is an ambitious, but achievable goal. It is expected that the biomass plant or bio-refinery alone will eliminate over
56.8%