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Journal of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology | Volume: 03 | ISSN: 2630-4570
allied
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November 04-05, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
2
nd
World Congress on
TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
CH4 capture and sequestration for feed, food and farm facilities - The Southeast
asian experience
Nervy C Santiago, DVM
Asia-Pacific Biogas Alliance, Singapore
A
griculture and Food production is the biggest contributor
of anthropogenic greenhouse gas. While this has not
caught the limelight as car emissions in the cities have
done in the recent past, its effect on climate change is
certainly significant. Because countries in Southeast Asia
are developing, there is tremendous pressure on both
sides. On one side there is the pressure to produce more
energy to power industry. But as the demand for energy
increases, the price per kilowatt hour also gets higher. In the
Philippines for example, the high price of electricity (highest
electricity rate in Southeast Asia) has also affected growth
of the economy. While the region is busy on increasing
development, the population in these developing countries
are also increasing. On the other side of growth there is also
a corresponding pressure tomanage waste – the constant co-
product of development. There is now way of going around
this cycle, more development means more production.
More production means more people. More people produce
even more waste. And the more waste that is produced, the
bigger the carbon footprint globally. This paper examines the
strategies, pitfalls and success stories of how the Southeast
Asian region in general have tried to mitigate Carbon
dioxide emission by sequestering Methane a more powerful
greenhouse gas and constant co-product of food production.
This experiential narrative will give listeners a comprehensive
background of what solutions has worked in the region and
also those technologies that had failed miserably. It can serve
as a model for other tropical regions to follow.
e:
ncsantiao@alternaverde.com