“But come now, change thy theme, and sing of the building of
the horse of wood, which Epeius made with Athena’s help, the horse which once
Odysseus led up into the citadel as a thing of guile, when he had filled it
with the men who sacked Ilion.” — The Odyssey, Homer
The Michigan Legislature is considering a bill that changes the Clean, Renewable
and Efficient Energy Act in order to “remove unnecessary burdens on the
appropriate use of solid waste as a clean energy source.” The act encourages
the development and use of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, hydro, coal-fired
power using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and biomass.
Obviously, the addition of solid waste into the fuel mix as “renewable energy”
has many people up in arms.
