why not tires...??

Originally Posted by unknownk

There are so many new cheap tires from places like Romania that retreading passenger tires is not cost effective.

Retreads aren't allowed on passenger cars in PA. Automatic fail at inspection time.

Originally Posted by Breakage

(understandable; we've been told for years burning tires is bad so why would industrial scale incineration be less harmful?),

Because an incinerator burns hotter and more complete than an open burn. All of our household trash goes to a local trash to electricity incinerator. The only thing coming out of it is steam from the turbine.

Originally Posted by Breakage

though I am unsure if the plant included scrubbers and catalytics in their externalization.

All modern ones will.

Even coal fired power plants have scrubbers, catalysts, and flue gas desulfurizers. ( I was in the coal fired power plant business for a few years through a 3rd party service company.)
They aren't just belching black smoke all day like some of the opponents would like you to think.