I read with interest the story about Bioadhesive Alliance and their effort to replace asphalt ingredients with pig manure. Unlike previous attempts to replace asphalt ingredients with ground up tires, glass, roofing shingles, etc which all failed not because they didn't work but because the asphalt companies simply didn't need what they were selling, the glue is actually something that has to be added each time the asphalt is remade.
You see. the majority of the asphalt made now days is made from recycled asphalt.
But as a resident of East Greensboro where Bioadhesive Alliance was founded (with taxpayer Dollars, I might add) at NC A&T University, I believe their refinery should be located in East Greensboro and not in some megasite or industrial park far from where we live. After all, to put the jobs so far away from where we live defeats the entire purpose of designing alternatives to petroleum as NC A&T and Bioadhesive Alliance has done.
Of note: while the article didn't mention it: an alternative adhesive for asphalt might also lower the future cost of roofing shingles and a number of other products used in home construction and remodeling.
And just so everyone else knows: the largest funder of the Piedmont Triad Partnership is the City of Greensboro.
You see. the majority of the asphalt made now days is made from recycled asphalt.
But as a resident of East Greensboro where Bioadhesive Alliance was founded (with taxpayer Dollars, I might add) at NC A&T University, I believe their refinery should be located in East Greensboro and not in some megasite or industrial park far from where we live. After all, to put the jobs so far away from where we live defeats the entire purpose of designing alternatives to petroleum as NC A&T and Bioadhesive Alliance has done.
Of note: while the article didn't mention it: an alternative adhesive for asphalt might also lower the future cost of roofing shingles and a number of other products used in home construction and remodeling.
And just so everyone else knows: the largest funder of the Piedmont Triad Partnership is the City of Greensboro.
