AboutDavid L. Russell, PE Expertise I`m a Chemical,Civil and Environmental Engineer and have a number of projects in all phases of the environment.
I have worked in the chemical industry and am active in professional societies, and am currently on an industrial wastes committee for the Water Environment Federation, and have taught courses in remediation in the US and abroad.
I have written one book on Remediation of petroleum Contaminated Sites, and have a second book on PRACTICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT to be published by John Wiley in September, 2006. I've also written over 30 articles on various elements of environmental problems and cleanup. Most Recently, I have addressed a NATO Scientific and Techical Conference on Ecoterrorism, and have worked with the same group on remediation of sites contaminated with Chemical Warfare Agent materials and othe materials as well. . I can answer q`s about Chemical and Environmental Engineering, land development, air pollution, water pollution, soil and water cleanup, combustion, international environmental problems, industrial processes chemical processes. Civil and Environmental and Chemical Engineering. Overall, I have over 35 years of experience in this area. Note: I do not answer homework questions
Experience I love work in the third world and developing areas
because it is challenging and one can get a sense of accomplishment.
I am a Research Associate from INDIA and carrying out my research on Global Warming. Actually I am in a process of writing a book related to Human Survival with respect to Global Warming. The main focus of the book is the different methodologies to be followed for the Humans to survive under the effects of Global Warming. The rise in sea level is making the land scare especially in the coastal areas. I need some information related to Modern Garbage Handling techniques. Previously I was involved in a project related to generating electricity by burning the Muncipal Solid Waste.
Kindly suggest,
Hafeez Basha. R
Research Associate
Answer A few terms first and then I'll tell you why I may not be the one to answer your question, but by then it may be self-evident.
Global Warming and Global Cooling are both Climate Change which are driven by natural processes, principally the variability of the solar flux and sunspot activity. There is now strong evidence that solar cooling will predominate for the next 10+ years and then we will start to warm, in accordance with the 11 year sunspot cycle or whatever else comes along as a theory.
It's really interesting to see how everyone has been duped by the global warming claims. The UN Panel and the Koyto and Montreal Protocols were political documents rather than real treaties. The famous J curve which indicated the global warming alarm has now been thoroughly debunked by statisticians. Even the very people who were claiming, maybe Al Gore is the exception, that the world was going to flood and the seas would rise 20 meters, have now admitted that the sea rise if everything melts, may be on the order of 2/3 of a meter to a meter. So please re-examine your premises. I for one am not a global warming believer. I know that we cannot predict the temperature that accurately.
Modern garbage handling is essentially the same as old garbage handling. There are 3 things one can do with garbage: separate and recycle which is the best solution; bury it (landfill); or burn it (incineration). The best solutions are the first and last. However, the variations in technology are associated with the last, and new fluidized bed technologies seem appropriate. Any thermal destruction system needs to be situated near a landfill for ash disposal. There is one more technology for waste disposal called composting. it has had varied success because even the most modern compost plants are not well run because they do not separate garbage from trash. The best system is to recycle, and you would do well to look at German technology and the Danish technolgies for separation and recycling. It is much easier when you condition the population to give you a constant waste stream, and the Germans and the Danes seem to have been able to accomplish that goal.
Good luck. Hope that helps.
