Worldwide estimates of future energy supply and demand indicate declining reserves and increasing demand. There are even some who believe that a possible peak in oil production will occur over the next 30 years and a global race for fuel will begin. Even though biomass and other organic wastes have long been considered potentially significant contributors to satisfy increased energy requirements, no one has aggressively pursued implementing a widely applicable solution…until now. CWT technology taps into one of the world’s richest sources of energy, waste by-products. In the U.S. alone, agricultural waste has the potential to produce 4 billion barrels of oil per year, and that’s just the beginning!
Two recently published studies have included CWT as one of the most promising renewable energy producers to help in preparing the US for the impending oil crisis.
Chemical pollutants and biological diseases have infiltrated the food chain worldwide and touched off a health epidemic. Escalating health issues such as Avian Influenza (bird flu), animal remains from natural disasters, dioxin poisoning and Mad Cow Disease could be minimized and reduced using TCP. The sources of these harmful waste streams could be safely converted into non-toxic oil, as well as fertilizer products.
As seen through the natural disasters experienced in the Indian Ocean in 2004 (earthquake/ tsunami) and in the United States in 2005 (Hurricanes Katrina and Rita), the world is not prepared to handle the large amount of animal carcasses that are left over in the recovery stage. In Hurricane Katrina alone, over 25,000 heads of cattle in Louisiana needed to be incinerated. The world also currently lacks the infrastructure to vaccinate entire continents of people from potential plagues, and so needs to develop a strategy of containment and destruction for infected animals.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a substantial risk of an Avian Influenza pandemic in the near future. One of the primary concerns is that the virus could quickly spread across countries as various birds follow their migration routes. In response, countries have begun planning in anticipation of an outbreak. CWT could be instrumental in helping to
reform these infected animals into valuable oil that is both renewable and safe.
Global warming is accelerating, and the impact on our ecosystem could be devastating. There is concrete evidence of the polar ice caps melting, and the gradual increase in temperature on the Earth’s surface. The frequency and intensity of recent storms, earthquakes and hurricanes also speaks volume to the environmental changes that are underway.
The culprit is industrial-produced carbon dioxide continually collecting within the protective layer of greenhouse gases which surround the earth. The TCP recycles surface carbons (organic and man-made waste by-products) into fuels, fertilizers and raw materials, allowing underground carbon deposits to remain there. The result? Less new carbon on the surface potentially means less CO2 in the atmosphere. By controlling the global carbon cycle we can help minimize global warming.
The TCP provides a way to reduce global warming in a manner consistent with continued economic growth. Renewable energy programs can help produce the energy critical to continued growth. By using renewable resources, the requirement for new fixed carbon resources from beneath the earth’s surface can be greatly reduced. This approach to reducing emissions is one of the preferred routes to creating a consistency between growth and environmental sustainability, and is specifically recommended by the International Energy Administration.
America’s long-held economic stability has been eroded by a shift from skilled, dependable industrial employment aimed at solving the country’s problems (transportation, construction, energy, national defense and clean water) to low-paying service jobs and volatile real estate and stock speculation. This is a direct threat to the livelihood of American workers and achieving the American Dream. As industry continues to outsource its technological workforce overseas, the U.S. economy is struggling to replace these employment losses with better opportunities through new technologies. CWT and its stated mission of solving the world’s economic and environmental issues offers the American workforce a fresh growth opportunity, ready to generate numerous industrial jobs, bolster the tax base, and spur new research and development for young minds.
The United States is in a struggle to retain world leadership in the fields of science and technology. It is vital to national well-being that government and industry commit to home grown talent, and encourage new streams of research and development. The TCP breakthrough has already stimulated academic research into related sustainable energy technologies at major colleges and universities in the U.S, an encouraging sign for Corporate America to continually reinvest in new ideas and innovative technology. It is also expected that Corporate America will reinvest in domestic workers by retraining them for new jobs. Most of these workers are already highly educated and possess a bachelor's and master's degree. Retraining to their current level in another field is an option that should be explored to tap into another one of America’s vital resources – its people.
