Defense Contractor Captures Mercury From Power Plant To Put Into Drywall, Fertilizer

This is one of those stories that angers me as a taxpayer, and further puts into question, what the hell is the US govt up to?

Neumann Systems Group insists rising criticisms are unwarranted

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Dave Neumann, a defense contractor with a proven track record, approached Colorado Springs Utilities in 2007 with a pilot project: a clean-coal scrubber using innovative technology that would require less water than dry scrubbers , less space and less electricity. CSU officials were intrigued.

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After years of internal study, and an outside verification process, CSU got the nod in December 2010, to install a full-sized NeuStream at Martin Drake Power Plant, costing a total of $121 million, including construction costs and upgrades to the power plant. NeuStream was included in budgets for 2012 and 2013.

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But something went wrong on the way to full installation.

Mayor Steve Bach and a group of business leaders targeted the downtown power plant as a relic to be torn down. Other city politicians targeted NeuStream, claiming it didn’t work as advertised and that Utilities shouldn’t be in the research-and-development business.

The bright glare of negative publicity surprised all involved, coming just a few short months after the installation contract was approved. And the drumbeat of criticism is only getting louder, despite the board’s repeated votes in favor of the project.

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NeuStream doesn’t only remove sulfur dioxide, also known as SOX, from coal emissions. It removes mercury and particulate matter as well. The side product is gypsum, which can be sold to make particle board and used as fertilizer on crops.

http://csbj.com/2013/03/07/neustream-controversy-wont-stop/

Several question arrive. Why would a Defense contractor be involved in capturing pollution from a power plant, to put it into drywall and fertilizer. Take these poisons and put them into our homes, food supply. Wasn’t there just an article about mercury in drywall from China?? And these creeps are being funded by the taxpayers, including an $11 million grant from the Federal govt..Of course CSU is involved, because they are a govt cesspool too…

http://www.neumannsystemsgroup.com/neustream-pollutants-to-products

http://csbj.com/tag/neumann-systems-group/