Go Green!

A newly formed non-governmental organisations coalition called Green SURF said Sabah should pursue a cleaner power solution and not focus only on developing the planned coal-fired power plant in Lahad Datu. The coalition acknowledged the need to address the increasing power demand in the State but suggested there is still ample time to explore renewable energy, such as gas which is more environmental friendly.

It's high time that we think of what's happening to our earth and help to make her greener and not pursue personal interests. In the short run, coal looks like the best and affordable solution but the in the long run, it's not green at all. There is definitely alternative energy out there. One example that we'd probably can adopt is by american company, N-Viro International Corporation whose patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value. 

If coal was the solution, what this company is using is clean coal which doesn't affect the environment. Their green technologies complement each other and are build upon a unique concept transforming waste products into a beneficial fertilizer or ultimately creating N-Viro Fuel a renewable alternative fuel perfectly synergistic with the coal combustion industry.


Two different fuels, which are opportunity fuels made from biosolids and the other from manure, were blended with eastern Ohio coal and burned in the power plant’s fluidized bed boiler. The blended fuels performed well compared to coal alone; air emissions were below regulatory limits, and the boiler performed normally. 


If only the government would opt and consider waste to energy as a greener solution, our children, their children and their children's children will have a better place to live in. Let's just keep our fingers crossed!