[Vwdiesel] Biodiesel support

[Jonbonbart at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/3/02 9:37:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
scott3491 at insightbb.com writes:

<< How would you write legislation that would promote the use of biodiesel
that wouldn't be just a means for agribusiness to enrich its shareholders? >>

I have no problem with shareholders, especially me through my 401(k), gaining
from our investments, particularly when the industry involved has no serious
detrimental environmental nor social impact.
I can invest in MobyExon, single hulled tankers, propping up repressive
regimes, and secondhand sponsorship of terrorists, all to foul the air and
thumb my nose at Kyoto to avoid supporting Archie and Dan Midland, or I can
invest in an industry that supports North American farmers, produces a
cleaner, safer fuel product, reduces landfilled waste, cuts pollutants, and
has nearly a net zero greenhouse gas emission. If Archie and Dan want a slice
of that, then fine by me.
The nice thing is that it doesn't take millions of dollars to start a
biodiesel production facility. Farmer Brown can start his own "agribusiness".
Jonathan Bartlett