Wisconsin Farmers Union sets renewable energy policy

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Dunn County News reports on resolutions adopted at the 76th annual state convention of the Wisconsin Farmers Union:

In the area of renewable energy, WFU members adopted policy that calls for renewable energy expansion, to include biodiesel and other renewable incentives, in addition to the existing market for ethanol.

“We’re moving toward becoming a self-sufficient bioeconomy,” said [WFU President Sue]Beitlich. “It’s no longer a question of the validity or viability of renewable energy sources, but of when biofuels will be the choice of the majority of Americans. It will happen, and we’d like to see it happen soon. We have the technology; we just need continued incentives to make it an attractive alternative to our current system of petroleum-based products.”