What You Should Know . . .
* Did you know that the American Lung Association already gives our area an "F" for air quality?
* This power plant would burn 500,000 tons of wood a year & release 1 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. It puts out 1.5 times as much CO2 as the Mt. Tom coal-fired plant per megawatt of power produced. This plant will add .3% of electricity to the Massachusetts grid and will operate at 25% efficiency.
* The air pollution from Nitrogen Oxide and volatile organic compounds (two ingredients in ground level ozone) and fine particulate matter affects our health, especially is we are young, old, or have lung or heart problems. It is associated with lung disease and cancer.
* This plant would provide less than .3% electricity to the grid.
* This project will use treated sewer effluent as coolant and 80% will be evaporated into the air. Nearby residents will be exposed to whatever pharmaceuticals, household cleaners and other toxic substances are in the potentially contaminated air.
* Your tax dollars will subsidize this project. The developer of the power plant will get $60 million of taxpayer money within 3 weeks of finishing the project. Then the developer will sell it, most likely to an investment fund, and will leave town.
* This project affects all of Franklin County, not just Greenfield.
Does this sound good to you?
