First Name: | Timothy |
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Last Name: | Kautza |
Email Address: | kautza@netins.net |
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Subject | Low Carbon Fuel Credits |
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I write to express my concerns about California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit system and its impact on Iowa. I don't think large scale confined animal operations should be able to claim LCFS credits when they build digesters that trap methane gas from the massive amounts of manure that they produce. Why are polluters being paid to solve the problem they caused in the first place? I do not want dirty money or dirty energy in our state. Iowa fails to regulate factory farms and, actually, our State passed a law last year that will allow Iowa factory farms to expand their herd sizes when they build a methane digester. I think California's proposal would only increase factory farm expansion in Iowa, create even more pollution, and do nothing to address the climate crisis. Private, companies from outside Iowa should not be allowed to profit off greenwashing schemes that will worsen Iowa's water crisis and further incentivize factory farm expansion. Why make the factory farm industry even more profitable and fuel the fossil fuel industry with false promises of "greener" greenhouse gasses? The dairy industry is trying to sell methane digesters as a climate solution, but all digesters really do is trap gas to sell to California and leave manure for Iowa to deal with. Agribusiness corporations want to sell methane as a product and claim Low Carbon Fuel Credits (LCFS), a monetary credit that is awarded by the amount of carbon "sequestered" (taken out of the atmosphere), from California. They are not solving the problem they've created; they're making it worse--and profiting off it! Please do not implement the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard credit system. Thank you! |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2022-04-02 12:52:28 |
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