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The United States is encouraging the use of biofuels and clean as part of their strategy to increase their energy independence coal and lay the foundations for a new economy based on clean energy economy.

On 3 February, at a meeting of a group of state of the two major political parties governors, President Obama announced a range of measures, including a revised renewable fuel standard, financial incentives for farmers producing crop biomass , promotion strategy and marketing sector of biofuels and a new inter-ministerial working group to advance carbon capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal power plants.

"I think we should pass a comprehensive law on energy and climate. It will make clean energy profitable energy, and the decision taken by other countries in that already give their industries an advantage in terms of job creation and clean technologies, "said President governors.

"But even if you do not believe in the threat of climate change , "he added, " The investment in jobs and clean energy companies are a good thing for our economy. Reduce our dependence à-vis the oil abroad is a good thing for our security. We can not afford to do so on-site that the world is moving forward. "

The search for domestic energy sources

One measure of the standard of review the Agency door for environmental protection ( EPA ) on renewable fuels to meet the annual production volume of some biofuels and increase the total amount of renewable fuel used for transportation.

The standard requires that biofuel production will increase from 11.1 billion gallons (42 billion liters, 2009 figure) to 36 billion gallons (136.3 billion liters) by 2022, including 21 billion gallons (79.5 billion liters) of advanced biofuels - those that are not made from corn or those algae that emit half the greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline or diesel.

The increased use of renewable fuels will reduce dependence vis-à-vis the oil more than 328 million barrels per year and reduce emissions of greenhouse gas emissions by more than 138 million tons per year of '2022. For the first time, some renewable fuels must show that they reduce emissions from fuels - gasoline and diesel - they replace to be considered as meeting the volumetric standards.

By 2022, this new standard will raise the incomes of farmers of $ 13 billion and stabilize consumer prices.

Incentives and strategies

As part of this announcement, the Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) announced a new program to assist biomass crops (BCAP) that would provide incentives to farmers and ranchers and forest investing in biomass to convert it into energy. Biomass is an organic material such as wood or other plants.

"Facilities that produce renewable fuel from biomass must be designed, built and operated, " said Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture. "Additionally, BCAP will stimulate biomass production, which will benefit producers and produce the material needed to generate clean energy and reduce carbon pollution. "

The program already pays compensation payments to those who provide the biomass for the collection, harvest, storage and transportation to approved treatment facilities.

On February 3, the Interdepartmental Working Group on biofuels created by President Obama issued his first report - Growing America's Fuel . Prepared by co-chairs, Vilsack, Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, and Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, it proposes a strategy to accelerate the development and commercialization of biofuels.

Source: www.notre-planete.info