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mutherhrg OP t1_it7b7n7 wrote

Reply to comment by rodrigkn in Sewage sludge and other waste products could be turned into industrial feedstock that cuts down on waste and carbon emissions by mutherhrg

Turning this sludge into industrial feedstock isn't quite the same as spreading it across a field.

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rodrigkn t1_it7moz5 wrote

I would consider it worse. Through the process of bio magnification, we can see repercussions in the consumers gut biome and nutritional quality. Possibly even carcinogenic.

From an economic perspective, I also think it would be hard for them to find ã consumer base if forced to disclose this practice.

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imakesawdust t1_itakp45 wrote

Why? Do you expect methanol buyers to balk at buying methanol that came from sludge feedstock?

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mutherhrg OP t1_it7nlon wrote

Do you even know what industrial feedstock even means?

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TheRoadsMustRoll t1_it8c7li wrote

lol. they don't.

for the benefit of reddit's soylent-green-fearing constituency i'll post a simple google definition:

"Industrial feedstocks are raw materials used to make industrial products"

so. think gaskets and road paving products. not animal feed.

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dreadnaught_2099 t1_it8tljj wrote

To be fair, feedstock, while a 100% accurate term, is misleading because every reader thinks it's related to the term "foodstock" which of course it isn't.

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TheRoadsMustRoll t1_it8v0nx wrote

agreed.

but it also outs the people that didn't read the article because it says right under the headline: "Sewage sludge used as feedstock to make methanol"

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chamillus t1_ith4vvf wrote

WTF are you talking about. No one is drinking methanol.

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