treats obviously generates and they do the form of bio gas and they're used to power. for streetlights and then and also to power. in this building. to set up his company three years ago now he has sixteen employees but for the thirty six year old bio gas has become more than just a business. bio gas technology is the way forward for africa and the before world because their energy is a renewable energy and it's a sustainable business that's our age everyone actually invest in this so that we can cut down the pollution that's a given to the environment and also there come a change to tell you i currently have in the entrepreneur is hoping to grow his eco friendly business and realize even more projects throughout gonna as regular viewers know on every program we present a short report on someone who is doing he's or hobbit to protect the environment over the years we've seen a lot of truly inspiring ideas so keep up with the good work and do let us know if you or someone you know has a project or idea they like to share with the rest of the world and now and for this w

the engineer has also come up with a tiny bio gas cooker if it's all for africa regarding us is huge because you have a lot of waste in the. region here so. we feel it's almost always it will also help cut down the imports of l.p.g. and also the cutting down trees for us you know. of course the idea of using organic waste as a source of energy isn't new but enough to has created a user friendly system the bio gas plant works not only with kitchen waste but also with waste water his company supplies both private households and larger institutions and his customers save a lot of money like the royal priesthood congregation and. it used to have to pay the equivalent of three hundred fifty euros a month in waste treatment costs it's saving that expense now thanks to the bio gas system one aspect of it is that. it. is also. plants that. they do. plan to power. lights and which will also hope in reducing the cost of electricity bill. one whose company has built thirty of the ways treatment plan so far here he's working with the builders on an affordable housing project in kumasi it will ho

originally the bio gas play. it was only intended to keep the animal stalls but then residents joined the project that was the start of felt times energy transition. a one hundred thirty villages were sick and tired of the big utility companies. they wanted to be independent. doreen russian man and her husband were among the originators of the project years ago they still live in. the. household heating here comes from the bio gas atlanta or the woodchip. where our electricity is produced by the wind but when it doesn't generate enough current if there's no wind or something's broken down then the bio gas plant can take over right away. construction began in two thousand and nine the village got its own electricity grid and heating pipes since then thousands of visitors from around the world have come to find out about energy self-sufficiency. you know i think you want the visitors find this or that aspect most interesting depending on the region they come from the feedback we get from visitors from africa is tha

originally the bio gas play. it was only intended to keep fear animal stalls but then residents joined the project. as the start of felt times energy transition. one hundred thirty villages were sick and tired of the big utility companies. they wanted to be independent. doreen russian money and her husband were among the originators of the project two years ago they still live in. many. household heating here comes from the bio gas atlanta or the woodchip. our electricity is produced by the wind. but when it doesn't generate enough current there's no wind or something's broken down in the bio gas plant can take over right away. construction began in two thousand and nine really it's got its own electricity grid and heating pipes since then thousands of visitors from around the world have come to find out about energy self-sufficiency. you know you want the visitors find this or that most interesting depending on the region they come from the feedback we get from visitors from africa is that the photovoltaic facil

household heating here comes from the bio gas atlanta or the wood chip. our electricity is produced by the wind park but when it doesn't generate enough current there's no wind or something's broken down in the bio gas plant can take over right away. construction began in two thousand and nine village got its own electricity grid and heating pipes since then thousands of visitors from around the world have come to find out about energy self-sufficiency. you know i think you want the visitors find this or that most interesting depending on the region they come from the feedback we get from visitors from africa is that the photovoltaic facility would be interesting to supply power to remote villages there may be areas that have no electricity today a photovoltaic array would be very hopeful for that. the energy turnaround has created jobs in the village families have moved in as a charging point for. electricity is home grown of course it comes from the fields of felt time. the fifty five wind turbines here generate enough power for about sixty five thousan

chicory roots are too bitter to be edible apart from fermenting bio gas there is little else you can do with them that makes them ideal for andrea cruz and her project that's you know . this is the first time we've been able to produce this platform chemical from chicory beats or any kind of waste product yes that's what makes it special the chemical is called hydroxy methyl for all it's commercially available but then it's made from sugar and the production process is rather dirty that we have a clean process using something that is not a food and that's important to us as is interested. in her bar a tree at the university of hall and time cruisers spent more than five years searching for the right raw materials chicory is ideal because the substance forms in the root from which they can extract a basic chemical building block simply by boiling it. the chemical is used to obtain additional substances and at the end of the process you have nylon. cruiser believes that this could be a real alternative to petroleum based plastics. five hundred thousand tons of chicory waste a produced

are also interested in its roots they usually end up as waste or is sent to the bio gas plant. professor andrea cruiser from the university of poor and uses these chicory routes they contain a substance that she needs for her research. well this is the bit you eat the vegetable but we want these roots here they contain a storage substance that we can use to make a platform chemical. in other words we can make stockings for example or beverage bottles out of these roots thank you floss and muffin. chicory roots are too bitter to be edible apart from fermenting bio gas there is little else you can do with them that makes them ideal for andrea cruz and her project. this is the first time we've been able to produce this platform chemical from chicory beets or any kind of waste product. that's what makes it special the chemical is called hydroxy methyl for all it's commercially available but then it's made from sugar and the production process is rather dirty so we have a clean process using something that is not a food and that's important to us. in her bar a tree at the university

so i'll send it with that disclaimer that says energy disclaimer, bio gas, not mass. when we talked, they expressed interest in doing the city-wide master plan. we and lafco have been talking about it and tyrone expressed interest -- i won't commit him to anything -- but expressed interest in lafco leading for the plan. so that is something very important that we would need to get on an agenda soon so that we can get

so i'll send it with that disclaimer that says energy disclaimer, bio gas, not mass. when we talked, they expressed interest in doing the city-wide master plan. we and lafco have been talking about it and tyrone expressed interest -- i won't commit him to anything -- but expressed interest in lafco leading for the plan. so that is something very important that we would need to get on an agenda soon so that we can get that rolling. especially with all of this pg & e stuff. >> are there any other members of the public that would like to speak? >> my name is hunter stern, we represent the pg & e workers in northern and central california and then a number of utilities in northern nevada. so under the heading of any time i can agree with eric brooks, i will stand up and do so. the points that eric just made about the build-out of local generation, renewable generation, this has been promised to people, and i'm a san francisco resident, as well, this has been promised to people in the city for 15 years. we met actively with leadership at the sfpuc, i think five or six year

degraded by bacteria and they feed the solid material and that solid material is being converted into bio gas and that bio is a great renewable energy source and it's a fuel that we use to run our engines and turbaned to generate electricity let me get this straight i have the answer and i think the energy in the fuel that i can from that and then it goes this way and you know that you're getting at the bacteria that they're turning it into energy that's correct. each digester here is about two million gallons and we have eleven of them so that's twenty two million gallons of capacity east a mud shared the technology and now other water treatment facilities in brooklyn new york and in california cities of marin thousand oaks fresno and san diego are using it for. most of us don't think about the waste whether it's flushing the toilet or throwing things in the garbage it just kind of disappears and i think as a society we've been very successful at sort of highlighting where the waste go and i think as time goes on and the population grows and waste generation grows they will become more aware

cherry and they feed the solid material and that solid material is being converted into bio gas and that bio dad is a great renewable energy source and it's a fuel that we use to run our engines and turbaned to generate electricity let me get this straight i had a bunch up there and i think the energy in the fuel that i am proud that i have that it goes in there that i you know collect that you're getting at the bacteria that they're turning out and the energy that's correct each digester here is about two million gallons and we have eleven of them so that's twenty two million gallons of capacity east bay mud shared the technology and now other water treatment facilities in brooklyn new york and in california cities of marin thousand oaks fresno and san diego are using it. most of us don't think about the waste whether it's flushing the toilet or throwing things in the garbage it just kind of disappears and i think as a society we've been very successful at sort of highlighting where the waste go and i think as time goes on and the population grows and waste generation grows they will be

for use in cosmetics the water removed treatment all that's left a tiny little flakes sent off to a bio gas plant to create energy. six thousand for the dehydration machine saves us six thousand kilometers of unnecessary transportation within berlin every year and set of fifteen thousand containers we only have to transport five thousand that's why in other words we reduce the garbage in our cost by two thirds. and that in a country often stuck in analog. about it and that is are scanned this is the system knows which ones belong to which customers then they're build and it's all logged and that's the biggest and. then there are the silver beings they detained since it is down have a shredding company secrets that won't see the light of day. what's not a secret is that the global population is booming it could reach ten billion by two thousand and fifty but the projections show the mountains of waste will grow even faster. modern underground waste management is his solution and in the future robots. even deliveries and removing waste is tricky we want to start sending robots through the ser

in future the plan is to use waste heat from bio gas facilities. a first product has been developed and is due to be launched soon for use in animal fodder. the two researches are also applying for a license for the products for human consumption. the scientists have researched the topic of edible duckweed extensively freshly harvested duckweed can be added to salads or cut chines with hopes for example but what does duckweed actually taste like. as a relatively neutral taste which has the advantage that you can put it in anything . anyone for duckweed on let. you. or a duckweed smoothie perhaps one way or another it's probably coming to a restaurant near you. let's head back into space everyone knows that on the moon your lies have been on earth and astronauts who weighs a securities down here waste just. a kilo of rice weighs almost the same everywhere or coffee or a kilo of cotton candy historically measured used to be different depending on your scales until the prototype kilogram was introduced problem is it no no. here in light think frank is

and the heating hoses are also laid down in the soil heat from highness' own bio gas plant should help his future asparagus to grow no matter the way down. it was what we started growing asparagus my parents used to lay down tape every thirty centimeters there was a close paragraph baracus plant had to go that's how we started our and so i think we made a lot of progress to the way we are now running. pest control has also come a long way. in southern lower saxony ania back a biological pesticide has been developed to fight off the corn burra this is where burnt my eyes experiment begins he'll put the substance into the drone and scatter it on to the fields flying drones used to be a hobby now it's his job. because it's the also here it is you can put nearly five hundred poles and it's on the gates of morals for recruits completely new to me i've never done this before. i just used to take photos or make films or now a drone has to drop something i have to know exactly when i'm allowed to do it and that's what i don't know obviously you're hoping to learn something here will see i'm ex

cherry and they feed the solid material and that solid material is being converted into bio gas and that bio dad is a great renewable energy source and it's a fuel that we use to run our engines and turbaned to generate electricity let me get this straight i think i said there i think the energy in the fuel that i am proud that i have that is there that i you know collect that you're getting at the bacteria that they're turning out and the energy that's correct each digester here is about two million gallons and we have eleven of them so that's twenty two million gallons of capacity east bay mud shared the technology and now other water treatment facilities in brooklyn new york and in california cities of marin thousand oaks fresno and san diego are using it. most of us don't think about the waste whether it's flushing the toilet or throwing things in the garbage it just kind of disappears and i think is a society we've been very successful at sort of highlighting where the waste go and i think as time goes on and the population grows and waste generation grows they will become more awar

but what it does not mean at all is that we can take every coal power and natural gas plant and convert it to bio and sustainable forestry to do that. but that is not the equivalent of making sure that this becomes a driver for deforestation because forests actual are our best zinc, next to oceans and other natural based sources. so making sure that you enable the environmental integrity of forests is also very important for biodiversity, and also from preventing topsoil erosion or even landslides, which we have seen tragically in many places around the world, which has allowed for deforestation to occur. so a carbon storage, and then the reuse of that is to be welcomed. the issue then is how to do that in a sustainable way? exactly. and how to do that in a sustainable way then? well, one of the things that's interesting about drax is that carbon capture and storage is extremely expensive. there is only 23 large—scale plants that are either implemented or going to be constructed. this is going to be about 37 million tonnes of c02, which will be important for reducing our emissions, but it is stil

but what it does not mean is that we can take every coal power and natural gas plant and convert it to bioneed to make sure this is not a reason for deforestation. it is important for biodiversity and preventing topsoil erosion and landslides which we have seen tragically around many places around the world where deforestation has occurred. so carbon capture and storage and then the reuse of that is to be welcomed. the issue then is how to do that in a sustainable way. exactly. and how would you do that? 0ne exactly. and how would you do that? one of the things that is interesting about this plant is that it is extremely expensive. it is... there are only 23 plants. this is going to be millions of tonnes of c02. what should be taken from drax is that it is an important learning facility for bringing the cost down. but how to social biomass and bioenergy away from sustainable timber, creating the supply chain for that is necessary. beyond that, converting every coal power and natural gas into a biomass plant is not the solution to go.|j natural gas into a biomass plant is not the solution t

bio mass which barely account for 15%. picture a family in minnesota where wind chill temperatures reached 71 below zero. waking up in a warm house heated by natural gas. they start a hot pot of coffee powered by our electric grid. take a shower, drive their kids to school, powered by reliable affordable gasoline. go to work, possible apply at a minor a local hospital. drive home again and that same gasoline-powered car. make zinner for their car using their gas-powered stove and wake up again. the little things that we take for granted every day are powered by conventional energy. the green new deal would have a inere impact that the people my district don't want or need. it would force to turn in their cars or electric vehicles and retrofit in my district their homes. i understand elites from d.c. and new york city may love this plan, but i know the reality. i encourage my colleagues, those who support this plan to go back to their districts like i did last week and really listen to the constituents and how this plan would devastate the middle class and devastate hard-working families. buying electric cars and ending the mining, airline and much of

delev deleveraging the health care business, the oil and gas business through baker hughes and so this gets them two thirds of the way just with this bioharma deal and buys them in terms of that near term liquidity situation that's had investors and analysts really kind of nervous >> okay, morgan. great stuff. thank you for that. >>> now earlier today on cnbc becky quick sat down with the oracle of omaha warren buffett and this is what he had to say about stocks more broadly. >> i said in the annual report we expect to be buyers of stocks we have not been the market has gone straight up. i think stocks are more attractive but i have trouble buying it everybody day up. >> joining our "closing bell" exchange, mike gibbs and rick santelli at the cme in chicago michael, do you agree with that sentiment if you're a long-term investors equities are more attractive than treasuries and with the run since christmas it's hard to be buying right now? >> yeah. that makes a lot of sense. it is odd for the market to move in a straight line and this market has we have walked through resistance levels and now have a low 2800s and at some point stocks