University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 17, 1978
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owned energy forest would be the best source of wood fuel because it would provide a dependable supply of wood that would not be subjected to price increases.
Industrial wood wastes, dead trees and old railroad ties are other cheap, available sources of fuel that could meet KU's demands, Naughton said. But the cost of that wood will increase as more trash-burning plants are built, he said.
The price of these waste woods used as fuel is currently about 56 to 80 percent of the cost of natural gas, the study revealed. KU should use those resources for the trashburning plant as long as the price remains the same, and all installations also should be established, he said.
The energy forest studies are being conducted on 15 acres of the Sunflower Research Center near Eudora, K-State foresters are experimenting with tree
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN On Campus
Events
TODAY: Robert M. Maxim from the Department of State lectures on "U.S. Human Rights: Theory and Practice," in RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL FERENCE, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the Kansas Union. A DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY WORLD AREAS follows at 2:30 p.m. in the Southern Methodist Tustee, from Southern Methodist Artists' of the 18TH CENTURY" at 4 p.m., in Room 211 Spencer Museum of Art, John Norton from the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory presents "THE LOS ALAMOS" at 4:30 p.m. in Naidot Hall.
TONIGHT:  The WOMEN'S RECOGNITION PROGRAM is at 7:30 in the Big Eight and Jayhawk Rooms of the Union. Charles Edler, director of Spencer Museum, lectures on "BOSTON ART TREASURES" at 8in SPRING's auditorium. Kenneth Boulding, professor of economics at the University of Colorado, speaks on
"THE ECONOMICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS"
at 8 in the Forum Room of the Union, Tim
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who is 8 in Swarthout Hall Recital Hall
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the School of Journalism, will speak, *IRE ECOLOGY CLUB* will have a meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Walnut Room of the Union. TAU SGAHM will meet at 7 p.m. in Robinson Dance Studio. Anyone interested in dance will meet at 7 p.m. FUNCTION CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in Parlor of the Union. SUA BACKGAMMON will meet at 7 p.m. in Parlor C of the Union. CANHS will meet at 7 p.m. in the Union's Theater THETA TAU will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Union. Jean-Michel Cousteau will present an SUA LECTURE, "Man's Penetration of the Ocean," at 8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Robert Langham, in the Library of the Library LECTURE at 8 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the Union. alessandra Domina Council of Southern Methodist University will present a *LLEE* presentation in Freund's Vienna. Peem Facade to Psyche, at 8 p.m. in Art auditorium.
varieties, density of plantings and soil types.
THE RESEARCHERS selected fast-growing trees that would sprout from cut stumps so that six or seven trees could be planted. Measurements made after two growing seasons showed cottonwoods and black birch, the most fuel for each acre. Naukson saithe.
The study has not yet led to any conclusions about production costs or the best forest management practices, Naughton said. The research, which was funded by the Ozarks Regional Commission, will continue until 1979.
Naughton said the idea of a trash-burning plant had gained acceptance because of the escalating cost and unreliable supply of fossil fuels. KU now has an intermittable fuel contract, which means that when there is a fuel shortage it won't get enough fuel to carry buildings.
TRASH FROM WITHIN 40 miles of Lawrence will be sufficient to meet the heating and cooling needs of the campus for all except the winter months, Naughton
Increased winter demand for heat is not the only reason for the need for supply.
"There seems to be a trend in garbage, too," Naughton said. "People throw less out."
The fuel study also examined the possibility of gathering wood from local forests. There are enough dead or low-grade trees in the woodlands within 40 miles of Lawrence to meet the need for supplemental fuel at the trash-burning plant for wood burning and said. However, competition for the wood for fireplace use makes it too costly, he said.
The trash-burning plant also could use
railroad ties as extra fuel. The Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroad replacements about 30,000 railroad ties each year on the 150 miles of track between Topeka and Kansas City. The wood is cut into three pieces and lying beside the tracks.
BOTH RAILROADS have offered to give the tails to KU. The research team is seeking an economical method to gather and carry the trash-burning plant, Naughton said.
Waste from sawnmills and wood-finishing shops currently would be the cheapest and most efficient solution.
Sawdust and wood chips are fire hazards and create disposal problems for the wood industry, he said, and for that reason the industry is trying to find outlets for those waste products. When that happens, prices will increase.
URBAN WASTE wood faces the same future; increased competition for fuel will drive prices up. Naughton said he also expected the amount of available wood from cities to decrease as remedies for Dutch elm disease were developed. Much of the wood that comes from trees that have died since the disease became common in the mid-1960s.
The landfill still will be used for disposal of residue from the plant but the landfill will require only three acres a year, compared with 15 acres now used annually.
When it has little trash and no dead trees to dispose of, the cost of Lawrence will save $45,000 annually on the cost of operating the sanitary landfill. Naughton said.
Those savings would equal the annual rent on 700 acres of Kaw River bottomland, he
A park planned for the landfill site when it is completely filled will have to be postponed for several years. However, a tree must have some recreational use, Naughton said.
The last of the four teams off the line, the KU crew held a steady beat through the race for the young Jayhawks' first victory in rookie competition.
The KF freshman four-man crew proved it's not how you start but how you finish that counts Saturday at the Kansas State Rowing Championships in Wichita.
Rowers pull to victory
"We're not handling our sprint at the beginning and end of the race too well." KU rowing coach Don Rose said, "but we are able to hold a good racing beat without making the mistakes we were making the first of the year."
At the meet, which also includes Wichita State, Washburn and Kansas State, the KU freshman four-woman and eight-man crushes finished fourth.
The four-woman crew beat Wichita State, a team that had beaten them just a week before, but the eight-man crew was last.
KU, because it competes only in the freshman events, was in only three of the eight races. Wichita won the most runs and scored the most points, one, the eight-ear varsity championship.
TOMORROW: KAPPA TAU ALPHA will have a dinner and initiation at 6 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Union. John Hohenberg, professional-in-residence for
For Rose, the meet represented another step along the road to continued improvement for the Jayhawks, who are competing for the first time this year.
"The four-oar oars have really improved and the eight-oar is coming along pretty well, too," he said. "We are really the surprise of the meet."
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