Another use for the mesquite tree

[100%TtId]

GreenHeart Energy is negotiating a three-acre lease at Port Corpus Christi, which would give it enough space for 40,000 metric tons of storage.

Maybe my math is wrong but I don't see how they can put 40K tons of chips on 3 acres unless they stack it to the moon.

[jeepntx]

We are doing it now. This is nothing new, except for shipping it overseas. We have powerplants burning waste wood chips, leftovers from agricultural processes, etc. There are even power plants that burn old tires, trash, and landfill-generated methane.

The problem is none of them can produce power as reliably, cheaply, and at needed quantities to serve as base load plants. With natgas being as cheap as it is today, these folks will have a tough business model to make profitable.

Thanks

[dadogg]

Capitalism with a hint of green energy - Does Obama love it or hate it? If it will produce more income for the landowners and it's thier land who am I to complain

[Andy]

I burn mesquite in my fireplace. I have pleanty of oak but rather burn mesquite or hickory is a close second to mesquite for putting out heat.....Andy

[60 Deluxe]

I think that someone's math is off or whoever wrote the piece didn't hear something right. Thirty five metric tons is not very much, maybe a truckload and a half without crunching the numbers. At $2,000,000 for thirty five metric tons that makes mequite chips worth about $25 a pound. I will sell all of my mesquite for $1 a pound unharvested and be happy, happy, happy about it.