Comments on: DF Cast: Ethanol, Biodiesel Industries Welcome RFS-2 http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/df-cast-ethanol-biodiesel-industries-welcome-rfs-2/ Alternative Fuel News Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Best of 2010 on Domestic Fuel - Domestic Fuel http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/df-cast-ethanol-biodiesel-industries-welcome-rfs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-126879 Best of 2010 on Domestic Fuel - Domestic Fuel Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:51:04 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=21950#comment-126879 [...] posts this year, including 160 with audio interviews, podcasts and recorded press conferences. The most listened to Domestic Fuel podcast was the reaction of the various biofuels groups to the release of the RFS2 in [...] [...] posts this year, including 160 with audio interviews, podcasts and recorded press conferences. The most listened to Domestic Fuel podcast was the reaction of the various biofuels groups to the release of the RFS2 in [...]

]]> By: Two New Ethanol Plants on Horizon http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/df-cast-ethanol-biodiesel-industries-welcome-rfs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-118960 Two New Ethanol Plants on Horizon Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:04:37 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=21950#comment-118960 [...] turning more favorable for ethanol. On February 3, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced is expanded rules for the Renewable Fuels Standard. Of special note, is that corn-based ethanol, when compared to conventional gasoline, lowers [...] [...] turning more favorable for ethanol. On February 3, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced is expanded rules for the Renewable Fuels Standard. Of special note, is that corn-based ethanol, when compared to conventional gasoline, lowers [...]

]]> By: Two New Ethanol Plants on Horizon - Domestic Fuel http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/df-cast-ethanol-biodiesel-industries-welcome-rfs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-118942 Two New Ethanol Plants on Horizon - Domestic Fuel Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:22:45 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=21950#comment-118942 [...] New EPA Rules for Renewable Fuel Standard [...] [...] New EPA Rules for Renewable Fuel Standard [...]

]]> By: Stafford "Doc" Williamson http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/df-cast-ethanol-biodiesel-industries-welcome-rfs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-118797 Stafford "Doc" Williamson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:06:54 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=21950#comment-118797 The "indirect land use" penalty is an outrageous travesty to have snuck into government policy. It is one of those "religious" beliefs that fanatical advocates against deforestation have convinced some gullible, if well meaning, bureaucrats to accept as "fact". I used to be more diplomatic on such pronouncements, but I have lost patience with all the "political correctness" that has gotten to the point where it is corrupting the language, and censoring words out of existence (or at least they think it can). The very concept of tying a domestic product to a supposed "consequence" of changing land use in a foreign location makes about as much sense as making grants of foreign aid inversely proportional to the birth rate because there is a failure to implement "appropriate" population control methods of contraception, or creating bonuses in domestic import quotas for having a superstitions-based HIV/AIDS treatment policy that allows more people to die from the disease. It could make sense that action be taken in the marketplace over the failure of some government to create a reasonable anti-deforestation policy and therefore refuse to allow imports of biofuels grown on that land, or perhaps even grown in that entire country. However, the mere fact that use of a product might induce unscrupulous individuals to commit acts of unlawful deforestation (whether for mere profit or to feed a starving family) is hardly a valid reason to impose a penalty on domestic manufacturers or growers. And besides doesn't the IRS have some kind of exclusive rights to federal regulations that are both nonsensical and irrational? Sincerely, Stafford "Doc" Williamson The “indirect land use” penalty is an outrageous travesty to have snuck into government policy. It is one of those “religious” beliefs that fanatical advocates against deforestation have convinced some gullible, if well meaning, bureaucrats to accept as “fact”. I used to be more diplomatic on such pronouncements, but I have lost patience with all the “political correctness” that has gotten to the point where it is corrupting the language, and censoring words out of existence (or at least they think it can).
The very concept of tying a domestic product to a supposed “consequence” of changing land use in a foreign location makes about as much sense as making grants of foreign aid inversely proportional to the birth rate because there is a failure to implement “appropriate” population control methods of contraception, or creating bonuses in domestic import quotas for having a superstitions-based HIV/AIDS treatment policy that allows more people to die from the disease.
It could make sense that action be taken in the marketplace over the failure of some government to create a reasonable anti-deforestation policy and therefore refuse to allow imports of biofuels grown on that land, or perhaps even grown in that entire country. However, the mere fact that use of a product might induce unscrupulous individuals to commit acts of unlawful deforestation (whether for mere profit or to feed a starving family) is hardly a valid reason to impose a penalty on domestic manufacturers or growers.
And besides doesn’t the IRS have some kind of exclusive rights to federal regulations that are both nonsensical and irrational?

Sincerely,

Stafford “Doc” Williamson

]]> By: AgWired » Blog Archives » Ag and Biofuels Industry React to Renewable Fuel Rule http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/df-cast-ethanol-biodiesel-industries-welcome-rfs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-118736 AgWired » Blog Archives » Ag and Biofuels Industry React to Renewable Fuel Rule Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:55:19 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=21950#comment-118736 [...] first generation biofuels. See all their reactions on our sister site Domestic Fuel.com including a podcast with details from administration officials and comments from major biofuels [...] [...] first generation biofuels. See all their reactions on our sister site Domestic Fuel.com including a podcast with details from administration officials and comments from major biofuels [...]

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