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To: Bill/WA who wrote (41916)	11/22/2003 5:32:31 AM
From: Mark Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

this year Flo-Sun began building a $200 million cogeneration power plant that will burn waste products of sugar cane and sell electricity to Florida Power & Light Company. Possibly some sort of 'qualified facility' getting perks for using unconventional fuel sources. Digesting the Biomass into NatGas might take longer while requiring more capital costs than simply burning, but I suspect the end result would be 'cleaner'. I hate to give into that old 'Those who have the gold make the rules. Those who make the rules get the gold.' thinking. It's pretty hard to ignore all the passing out of perks while ignoring long term distortions, thus not rocking the boat. Ahh, I suppose this is 'poor ol me' 'green eyes of envy' taken over. I just need to grow some sugar and get my own magical cash machine running just so. I saw a bit of a special on the Everglades some time back. Algae blooms are a problem anywhere fertilizer exists in abundance, and suffocate fish. I imagine that translates into food chain issues. I would dismiss it, except for the everglades being a bit unique. One thing I haven't got clear yet is the High Fructose Corn Syrup changes that may have been introduced via NAFTA. I'm tempted to ask some Canadians to tell me what x kilos of sugar go for up there. Importing for personal use may not be legal though, and would only cut $5 or so per year out of my budget. <g> I imagine a consumer revolt, growing and refining our own sugar ala Ghandi, is out of the question. America's Bittersweet Sugar Policy freetrade.org freetrade.org