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My opinion...Incineration is a poor choice. But if it is such a good business plan the investors should use their own funds and "NOT" require a guaranteed tonnage per day or any other type of requirement or funding. Hotels and airlines do not require that the taxpayer guarantee a specified number of guests or passengers. They fund themselves. Taxpayers have a choice. Let's have a level playing field....
Considering that Cabras burned, power rates will go up to repair this screw up. We need a more cost effective wAy to generate power. Burning trash to make power will also help in making our current landfill last longer. As for the question of what happens if there is a shortage of trash, c'mon, with the population of Guam growing, shortage of trash to burn is not very likely. Also, we can find tons of trash all over this little island. I've seen many dark corners of Guam where trash is piled up. An incinerator will help keep Guam cleaner. We need this incinerator.
The ash content produced by the incinerator will take up a tiny fraction of the space of the raw garbage going in. This will let our landfill last a lot longer.
In addition, while the incinerator will have emissions, it will also produce electricity. So that means less heavy bunker oil needed to be burnt by the Cabras units.
Lastly, while the CO2 released is a greenhouse gas, it is far better than the methane that will be released by letting the garbage sit and rot in a landfill. Methane has over 30 times more global warming potential than CO2.
We live on an island. We cannot continue to just bury our trash, and we cannot afford to ship it all off. While there are some downsides, an incinerator will do more good than bad. There are similar plants operating in Hawaii and in the middle of downtown Tokyo. While the detractors will point out the problems, they fail to provide a better alternative than piling it up in the southern villages.
To be fair Guam in less then 20 to 30 years from now may not have the space needed for a new landfill. Due to both military and local population, we are growing not just in housing but also in business. We all as a island need to take steps on what is cost efficient. We also need to realize that both oil and natural gas in 40 to 50 years from now may run out, hopefully by having wast to energy Guam will be clean from trash, and hopefully be independent from out sourcing, and at the same time we should all recycle.
we really don't have choice, our island has come a long way from the 40's. location is key, wind direction is another consideration and time of year. The southern villages is our hidden secret Please stop using these areas for basula, trash. with the military to increase in personnel and families I say lets go 50 / 50, use some of there land.
In theory this is a great idea. However, who will be responsible for supplying the necessary trash. If the need for trash isn't met, will GovGuam have to pay a penalty? Also, what happens when air quality standards are not met?