First Name | David |
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Last Name | Rubenstein |
Email Address | drubenstein@CaliforniaEthanolPower.com |
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Subject | Agricultural Carbon Capture and Credit for the Process |
Comment | California Ethanol + Power (CE+P) is in the process of developing a sugarcane and sweet sorghum to energy project in the Imperial Valley. CE+P intends to plant 40,000 acres of sugarcane that will support the facility. The cane will absorb massive quatities of carbon, much of it being stored in the roots of the cane. After 5 years of production, the cane that is in the ground will be turned and left in the ground. During that 5 year period a large amount of carbon would have been captured and stored. CE+P believes that some sort of carbon capture should be calculated and credited and that the benefit of that should fall into the Cap & Trade analysis. In the end, growers of the cane can apply those credits as a way to off-set the cost of planting, growing and harvesting the carbon absorbing crop. It would be the same type of plan we see today, when trees are planted and credit is given or when forests are protected from being chopped down and credit is given. Thank you. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-07 07:01:19 |
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