Once the envy of Europe, Ireland’s economy is set to have lost value at the highest rate in Europe. The collapse of a housing bubble coupled with the strong Euro is raising unemployment and slowing growth, reducing the Celtic Tiger’s roar to the level of a quiet ‘miaow.’ And the news keeps getting worse. Private sector debt levels will increase to 225% of GDP in 2009 - among highest of developed world - but what has this to do with alternative fuels for the cement industry? Everything, as this article points out.