tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541703279082624205.post3009240853927738719..comments2024-03-04T05:51:28.885-08:00Comments on Applied Mythology: An Inconvenient Truth About Composting RevisitedSteve Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04408822620071396633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541703279082624205.post-33622055687250803492011-03-18T21:10:47.831-07:002011-03-18T21:10:47.831-07:00The more aerobic the compost, the less GHG emissio...The more aerobic the compost, the less GHG emissions. If it is small scale, if it is actively aerated etc, it will have lower emissions. The challenge is that when a compost is really running "hot" (which is something you want to kill weed seeds, human pathogens etc) that means that it has a very high oxygen demand. It is very hard to supply that much oxygen when you consider that even a micro-site less than a millimeter across can be a site where methanogens can take over. <br /><br />I'm not saying composting is a bad idea. It is a far better fate for many waste streams than landfills etc. I'm just making the argument that this can't be the really large scale solution that we needSteve Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04408822620071396633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541703279082624205.post-71479576062814616982011-03-18T20:09:22.404-07:002011-03-18T20:09:22.404-07:00If the composting is done aerobically does it stil...If the composting is done aerobically does it still emit greenhouse gasses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com