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	<title>Comments on: An emerging source of clean power in India: city waste</title>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/an-emerging-source-of-clean-power-in-india-city-waste/#comment-1301406</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My gut says it will certainly be &quot;cleaner&quot; power.  My visit to India, last year, nearly brought tears to my eyes...Tears from stinging eyes caused by smog.  People were burning their trash in their front yard...plastics and all.  If that same trash gets an economic value, it can be burned much more cleanly and be put to some use.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My gut says it will certainly be &#8220;cleaner&#8221; power.  My visit to India, last year, nearly brought tears to my eyes&#8230;Tears from stinging eyes caused by smog.  People were burning their trash in their front yard&#8230;plastics and all.  If that same trash gets an economic value, it can be burned much more cleanly and be put to some use.</p>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/an-emerging-source-of-clean-power-in-india-city-waste/#comment-1300098</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What gives you the impression that trash is &quot;clean&quot; power? It&#039;s about as dirty as it gets. Burning toxic substances? Smart move. Burning valuable metals? Clever. Burning giant piles of perfectly recyclable materials? Yeah .. clean.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What gives you the impression that trash is &#8220;clean&#8221; power? It&#8217;s about as dirty as it gets. Burning toxic substances? Smart move. Burning valuable metals? Clever. Burning giant piles of perfectly recyclable materials? Yeah .. clean.</p>
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		<title>By: businessvoodoo</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/an-emerging-source-of-clean-power-in-india-city-waste/#comment-1300080</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged this on &lt;a href=&quot;http://nikivallways.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/238/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NikiVallwaysMyway&lt;/a&gt; and commented: 
&quot;waste not, want not&quot;   it is really hard to not be able to think of at least ONE more use for everything we have!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reblogged this on <a href="http://nikivallways.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/238/" rel="nofollow">NikiVallwaysMyway</a> and commented:<br />
&#8220;waste not, want not&#8221;   it is really hard to not be able to think of at least ONE more use for everything we have!</p>
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		<title>By: Venu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ain&#039;t it easy to stereotype, it&#039;s like the argument by Taleb in his book on Black-Swans with every substantiating claim how the perception reinforces to a self fulfilling prophecy.

Coming to the point, Katie has nicely highlighted an effort to try something new. Word of caution for any potential investors is to take a serious look into their books and the very company&#039;s existing waste treatment plants. Typical operating Debt/Equity for new projects in India are around 70/30 and so if you look at it then ~$460MM has to be raised either through internal funds or by debts from institutions; so the net cost for the project is may be around $660MM for a 48MW, which is far higher than typical thermal/wind/solar plants, which then raises the question of who are the customers willing to pay a huge unit cost. Or even going by the claim of $100MM for 48MW plant, questions should raise about what about the other funds and how are they plan to be parked or utilized? Hope it is not another trick to raise cheap liquidity. All that said, if my skepticism is creating an impetus to derive the real truth even at the cost of proving me wrong I will be glad, as then investors will know they are about to get their returns safe.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ain&#8217;t it easy to stereotype, it&#8217;s like the argument by Taleb in his book on Black-Swans with every substantiating claim how the perception reinforces to a self fulfilling prophecy.</p>
<p>Coming to the point, Katie has nicely highlighted an effort to try something new. Word of caution for any potential investors is to take a serious look into their books and the very company&#8217;s existing waste treatment plants. Typical operating Debt/Equity for new projects in India are around 70/30 and so if you look at it then ~$460MM has to be raised either through internal funds or by debts from institutions; so the net cost for the project is may be around $660MM for a 48MW, which is far higher than typical thermal/wind/solar plants, which then raises the question of who are the customers willing to pay a huge unit cost. Or even going by the claim of $100MM for 48MW plant, questions should raise about what about the other funds and how are they plan to be parked or utilized? Hope it is not another trick to raise cheap liquidity. All that said, if my skepticism is creating an impetus to derive the real truth even at the cost of proving me wrong I will be glad, as then investors will know they are about to get their returns safe.</p>
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		<title>By: silentpoison</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/an-emerging-source-of-clean-power-in-india-city-waste/#comment-1300065</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT&#039;S A GOLDMINE out there ..... you really gotta believe .Given the careless attitude of Indians and the constant rise of population ,if this project kicks off it would really make a BIG difference in the sociological and ecological aspects of Indian civilization.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IT&#8217;S A GOLDMINE out there &#8230;.. you really gotta believe .Given the careless attitude of Indians and the constant rise of population ,if this project kicks off it would really make a BIG difference in the sociological and ecological aspects of Indian civilization.</p>
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