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Burn It Up?
– by Vic Steblin, Source: WoodBurnerSmoke.net Humans have been burning for much of history. Africa burns its savanna annually and the smoke can be seen from space. Australia and Mediterranean areas regularly burn off hazardous undergrowth. Logging companies burn off residue according to professional forestry codes. Ranchers and farmers burn old grass and crops to release nutrients. Even lightning…
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Subsidies and Mandates for Biofuel Don’t Provide Enough Stability?
– by Nicolas Loris, May 16, 2014, Source: The Foundry With the Senate considering extending a package of tax credits that expired at the end of 2013, six Senators have banded together to call on Congress to re-up the expired biofuel credits. In particular, tax credits of $1 per gallon produced was offered for blended diesel made…
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Biofuels Plant Won’t Protect Us from Wildfire
– by Virginia Moran, May 16, 2014, Source: The Union Regarding the proposed “biofuels” plant (i.e. acceleration of climate change) project, here is what I find “scary”: that residents of western Nevada County are never allowed to live our lives in peace. If we are twitchy and irritable it is because we are constantly on guard…
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