August 23, 2010
House Ag Committee chair touts biofuels
Published in Brownfield Ag
Some straight talk on biofuels from House Agriculture Committee chair Collin Peterson. He says it’s time to end what he calls “the political correctness and environmental extremism” that’s holding back the biofuels industry.
“You know, this country can’t afford all this pie-in-the-sky stuff—we need to get back to the basics of what is the problem,” Peterson says. “The problem is we’re spending a huge amount of money in the Middle East and we’re putting ourselves in jeopardy. We could produce 30-35 percent here and replace all of the oil in the Middle East.”
Peterson says doing so would create jobs and make the country stronger. “I mean, it just makes so much sense,” he says. “But because some people think that—now they’ve decided that ethanol is causing the rainforests to be cut down, and all this other foolishness. We’ve gotten off track and we need to get back to basics.”
Peterson made his comments in an interview at an ag leadership conference in Minnesota ...
