Again......why can't the ethanol plants manage their own carbon emissions. And if they are so great, why are they emitting carbon at all? Are they really environment friendly?
No they aren't. Ethanol made from corn isn't all really green energy (making it creates a ton of carbon dioxide, burning it in gas taxes in cold weather causes ozone layer holes...) and this isn't new info, just buried info.
And why is it even a question that CO2 should be suppressed? Greenhouses pump CO2 gas into their facilities to increase the plant yield. Ethanol plants are located in the midst of cornfields, which benefit from CO2.
Total B.S. You could NOT use this to prevent utilities infrastructure expansion, because compressed CO2 is NOT a utility. The law could, however, force governments to engage with the people they are supposed to serve before laying out energy infrastructure expansion lines through private property, when there may be alternative sites that those with their hands in the cookie jar haven't considered or won't disclose.
Republican Drew Peterson echoed a similar sentiment, suggesting that denial now could open the door to other, non-carbon capture pipelines being denied in the future.
“My concern is that this bill could become a vehicle to prevent all forms of energy infrastructure expansion,” Peterson said. “You could easily add oil, natural gas, transition lines or any other to this statute if it’s in your backyard and you don’t like it.”
“Property rights should never be controversial. Protecting property rights should never be controversial,” Lems said, capping the lengthy debate.
Bravo, Representative. Thank you for reminding everyone of this very basic tenet of American freedom.
Happy to see this bill moving forward! Cant wait to see the governor sign it!
Again......why can't the ethanol plants manage their own carbon emissions. And if they are so great, why are they emitting carbon at all? Are they really environment friendly?
No they aren't. Ethanol made from corn isn't all really green energy (making it creates a ton of carbon dioxide, burning it in gas taxes in cold weather causes ozone layer holes...) and this isn't new info, just buried info.
And why is it even a question that CO2 should be suppressed? Greenhouses pump CO2 gas into their facilities to increase the plant yield. Ethanol plants are located in the midst of cornfields, which benefit from CO2.
Total B.S. You could NOT use this to prevent utilities infrastructure expansion, because compressed CO2 is NOT a utility. The law could, however, force governments to engage with the people they are supposed to serve before laying out energy infrastructure expansion lines through private property, when there may be alternative sites that those with their hands in the cookie jar haven't considered or won't disclose.
Republican Drew Peterson echoed a similar sentiment, suggesting that denial now could open the door to other, non-carbon capture pipelines being denied in the future.
“My concern is that this bill could become a vehicle to prevent all forms of energy infrastructure expansion,” Peterson said. “You could easily add oil, natural gas, transition lines or any other to this statute if it’s in your backyard and you don’t like it.”
“They need a carbon pipeline in order to make a carbon pipeline viable.”
What???