Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Week 4 - Atom Economy
Looking on Google, I found informational sights and university and school sights teaching about atom economy. I could not find one news link mentioning atom economy. Is this correct, is no one, other than scientists, paying attention to atom economy? Please tell me if you have found otherwise. I appreciate companies trying to better control their waste percentage during production. I understand that once a plant is in place it is far more difficult to change the process, but it is important to give companies incentives to increase their atom economy to as close to 100% as possible. I also wonder why there is no blanket regulation on all new chemical plants and factories to be 90-100% efficient. This seems like a necessary next step, considering the colossal amount of waste we already have to clean up, why would anyone keep making more?
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Heidi, I'm going to write to a friend of mine who's a Chemical Engineer working in the sustainable fuels group at Chevron and see what she says. I'm with you, companies should try to better control their waste percentage during production.
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