Biofuel Regulations

Have you heard the one about how you can’t fight city hall? How about, the wheels of progress turn ever so slowly? Both apply when it comes to farmers who face antiquated regulations when it comes to bio-fuel generated electricity. Sustainable farming is the future and a large portion of that sustainability is in using farm waste renewables. The technology required to make farms run solely on a renewable energy source while also feeding back into the local power grid is available, but most current state energy rules have not kept up with that technology. Most public utilities’ rulings recognize only four renewables, solar, wind, hydrogen and dairy gas. The ever growing field of bio-fuels is simply overlooked.  Those farmers who have tried to tackle the enormity of reshaping state rules have run into regulatory red tape and are looking at thousands of dollars and man hours spent in the process. Something this beneficial should not be so difficult to implement. Why is it so many times legislatiors seems to be hell bent on cutting their noses off to spite their constituents faces.