Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Rubbish

Senator Hoyle (Gaston County) has produced a biodiesel bill, which can only be classified as: "Rubbish." Senate Bill 1149 would do nothing but hinder the biofuels industry in North Carolina. The bill attempts to remove one of the largest buyers of diesel from the Biofuels market, schools. If his plan were to go through, $5 million would be appropriated to schools in North Carolina to begin the production of their own biodiesel. What type of insanity is this? Why should taxpayer money be allocated for further pie-in-the-sky works that would add nothing to the economy of the North Carolina. We are trying to establish a biofuels industry in North Carolina and Senator Hoyle wants the State to run it. Let the market determine which companies to support. This may sound like a novel idea to Senator Hoyle, but let's have the companies who are skilled at producing biodiesel produce biodiesel and let's let the schools do their job, Teach. Before we can afford to turn school campuses throughout North Carolina into industrial plants, I suggest we improve the academic output. Senator Hoyle, Good day, sir.