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  Duke Energy and Civic Responsibility

  So Mr. Roger's on the HotSeat, having graduated from Cinergy to the Big Duke - but he is getting paid well to DoTheRightThing.  One problem that he need to solve, now that he is in the Carolinas is the solvable problem of their gigantic Hog Farm Wastes! (there are more colorful phrases, of course).

  Carolina residents and the hog industry have done nothing to relieve this major pollution problem, and there are no laws (how about that!) to control animal wastes. The volume of hog wastes is hugely greater than human wastes.

  Periodically, those waste lagoons are flushed into the rivers when there are heavy rains, (hey, Act of God!) so the folks can simply shrug off the problem.

  Mr. Rogers can apply the expertise of Duke Energy to trap the hog-waste methane, and to recover the solids, and convert both to energy. On An interview with Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers posted 2 years, 7 months ago 8 Responses