I found this quote interesting today, as State Representative Karla Lems provides advice on how to preserve the ethanol market:
“What would it mean if ethanol plants only purchased corn from farmers doing sustainable practices,” Lems asked, “like no-till and cover crops, which pull carbon into the ground?” – State Rep. Karla Lems, SD Searchlight 12/1/23
Which sounds a lot like what we hear from some groups..
“New research shows that farming practices that protect and conserve the soil, like no-till farming and raising grass-finished beef, can keep soils healthy and greatly reduce the amount of CO2 lost to the air.” – Sierra Club Debuts at ‘Soil Not Oil’ International Conference, SierraClub.org.
and this guy..
“If farming practices are changed through the use of cover crops, low-tilling and tree-planting,” Gore said, agriculture could fight climate change. – Al Gore, Bloomberg 11/4/19
Just sayin’.
the mixing of science and politics usually results i a reduction of the grand sum of human knowledge. it doesn’t add to it.
Karla does sound like a big dem.
Aggressively ignorant.
While traveling through Wisconsin last year I seen where they literally bulldozed 40 plus acres of trees down and left the piles of trees all piled up. They installed solar panels on the newly bulldozed ground. It totally proved the point that the greenies have no concept of reality – it was about 20 miles south of Madison. What a pathetic site.
What a perfect example of ignorance and stupidity by those who crave power and money.
What Lems, Gore and many others are saying and have been saying is accurate on this issue!
Nice try but you carbon capture disciples win the Gore comparison hands down. Consider: What’s more of a leftist position? Shilling for corporate sponsors who would seize private property in furtherance of Biden‘s “green” (red) energy carbon capture scam? Or advocating for time-tested sustainable practices that conserve the land and livelihoods for future generations? Rep. Lems sets an example for both common sense and true conservatism and she is attacked.
How is her own quote an attack? Does she not like saying the same things as Al Gore?
What have they “seized” Scott? Nothing. Fearmongering 101. Are they also “stealing their land?” Lies, damn lies, and Freedom Caucus messaging.
Freedom Caucus, Lems, Odenbach working closely with Farmers Union to stop the pipeline. All you need to know.
Love private property rights. Everyone one I know signed up voluntarily. Not sure why you can’t be for property rights and the pipeline. They are making this into some holy war for the attention, it seems.
Love how the opposition throws out an impossible scenario as their version of “compromise” like they are being reasonable. Yep, let’s buy up the whole route quick and get that done. I thought the landowners whole idea was to NOT sell the ground. This is like a circular firing squad.
What’s wrong with “free markets”?? Willing buyers and willing sellers negotiating a free market price for the easements?? The pipeline will produce billions of dollars in tax credits and profits for the company, tax credit purchasers, and producers. The cost of the easements is small potatoes.
Countering the non sensical ramblings over at the stoner blog we should save money and burn clean burning American Anthracite coal. It is now being shipped to Europe. It is by far the best coal and we can ship via rail from PA.
no till? cover crops? who coulda thunk it? I never heard of such practices before! what a novel idea!
Cover crops are a joke. Add $75/ac of pure overhead to plant and kill them, all the while they use up nutrients and moisture.
Have you ever tried to pheasant in those fields that are planted into cover crops, the turnips are murder on your ankles. Plus not many pheasants use those fields for cover – just saying.