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RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By InvertMe on 10/21/2008 11:29:12 AM , Rating: 4
It's not 100% necessary to add the additional carbon dioxide. It just increases yield.

But in any event your comment holds no merit. Anyone who makes anything relies on others to provide them materials.

Your comment is like saying Car makers shouldn't rely on tire manufactures to make tires for them because they might go out of business and then the car manufacture couldn't make any more cars.

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By isorfir on 10/21/2008 11:48:59 AM , Rating: 2

But my question is, is it that yield that makes it profitable? If it is, then they are slaved to the cement producers output.

Not really, your example of a car manufacturer could easily make their own tires, it's just less expensive if they buy them from tire making specialists.

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By FITCamaro on 10/21/2008 12:36:06 PM , Rating: 4
If it is we can just build a plant in DC near the capitol building. The amount of CO2 from the hot air of all those politicians together could probably quintuple the yield.

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By PhoenixKnight on 10/21/2008 8:30:54 PM , Rating: 2
While we're at it, we should research a way to use some sort of bacteria or algae to turn all the bullshit from DC into a usable fuel.

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By fibreoptik on 10/23/2008 4:01:51 PM , Rating: 1
Zing! nice 1 FIT :) lol

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By Oregonian2 on 10/21/2008 1:19:49 PM , Rating: 2
I don't know why you were de-pointed by someone, you make a very good point and inquiry as to whether the cement factory enhancement of yield was crucial to the project being profitable (as opposed to it being functional which the other person seems to be focused on). If their scheme is wildly profitable, then it wouldn't matter. If it is projected to be just slightly profitable, then it may make all the difference in the world.

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By Oregonian2 on 10/21/2008 1:25:22 PM , Rating: 2
P.S. - It occurred to me that the other comment may have assumed that they could have gotten the enhanced CO2 from some other source at the same price if they couldn't get it from the cement plant. I would assume the cement plant would at worst "give" the CO2 for free if not actually pay the algae folk to scrub their emissions for them which is what they would have had to do otherwise if they needed to reduce their emissions by other means. An alternative source would be unlikely I think, particularly once the algae plant has been sited and built.

RE: Symbiotic relationship?
By teldar on 10/21/2008 2:46:12 PM , Rating: 2
But other companies do NOT rely on the byproducts of a particular plant in a particular place for something. I think the question had merit. Yes, other companies rely on products from someone, but how common is it to rely heavily on the product of one plant from one particular place?

