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Greenhouse gas emissions

Nature has provided a balance. Humans and other animals breathe oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Plants use carbon dioxide and release oxygen. As long as that balance maintains itself everything is perfect. However, when we mine fossil fuel and burn it we release carbon dioxide and other gases that were not intended to be released and we upset the balance of nature. Global warming is taking place because greenhouse gases are increasing in an unbalanced manner. The impact of greenhouse gases will continue until society finds an alternative to fossil fuel electricity.


The earth’s atmosphere contains various gases including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO2) and chlorofluoro-carbons (CFC’s) which absorb infrared radiation emitted from the earth’s surface. Higher concentrations of these gases in the atmosphere relate to increased absorption capacity for infrared radiation. Because control of the earth’s overall surface temperature depends on a balance between incoming sunlight energy (constant) and re-radiated infra-red energy, a net increase in atmospheric absorption of energy causes a net increase in the earth’s temperature. This is the cause of the “greenhouse” effect with its associated global warming from additional amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG’s).


The relative contributions of specific GHG’s to global warming also vary. Carbon dioxide is the most abundant GHG in the atmosphere and is used as a basis to describe GHG emissions. For example, CH4 equals 21 CO2 equivalents; N2O equals 310 CO2 equivalents, etc.


Certain of the GHG’s are naturally produced (CO2 and CH4) while others (N2O and CFC’s) are primarily man-made (anthropogenic). In addition to the natural (biogenic) sources of CO2 and CH4, substantial increases of these have occurred over the last century due to anthropogenic sources. All Fossil Fuel Power Plants are anthropogenic sources of GHG’s.


The Recovered Energy System™ using plasma gasification of waste has a positive impact on greenhouse gases, because it reduces the dependence on fossil fuel. CO2 released in the exhaust from the plant is not new CO2 since it will be released anyway from the landfill and comes from already existing sources of carbon.

Mohammed Ali Taher
Director of international affairs 
Contact email: refcoplasma@gmail.com

                          info@refcoenergy.com
​Phone: (514) 835-1518
Montreal, QC

Terry Cooke 
​CEO

Claude Yansen 
​Chief Financial Officer