BIOMASS CONVERSION

                                                                                                                                            Petrol   Hemp

• Can be Procured Domestically:                                                                         

• Renewable Resource:                                                                                             

• Biodegradable:                                                                                                          

• Dangerous to Handle and Store:                                                                        

• Could Provide Economic Gain to American Farmers and Industry: 

• Contributes to Global Warming:                                                                        

• Toxic Byproducts of Emission:                                                                          

• Contributes to Sulfur Pollution (acid rain):                                                   

• Procurement Pollutes Local Environment:                                                   

• Highly Toxic to Humans and Other Animals:                                                

Pollution Solution (Part 1) explored two steps that libertarians would take to save the environment. First, libertarians would eliminate sovereign immunity so that victims of the country's greatest polluter-government--would have recourse. Second, libertarians would privatize land and beast to save endangered species, preserve our parks, protect our national forests, and improve our vast cattle ranges. In addition, libertarians would couple these powerful reforms with restitution, to prevent pollution before it starts.

Who's the greatest polluter of all? The oil companies? The chemical companies? The nuclear power plants?

If you guessed "none of the above" you'd be correct. Our government, at the federal, state, and local levels, is the single greatest polluter in the land. In addition, our government doesn't even clean up its own garbage!

In 1988, for example, the EPA demanded that the Departments of Energy and Defense clean up 17 of their weapons plants which were leaking radioactive and toxic chemicals-enough contamination to cost $100 billion dollars in clean-up costs over 50 years! The EPA was simply ignored. No bureaucrats went to jail or were sued for damages. Government departments have sovereign immunity.