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April Heron, local 26 pipe-fitter, adopts Adage and Dupe Energy agenda

April Heron (sic?), local 26 pipe-fitter, argues existing pollution, electricity needs, and few alternatives justify Adage's BioMassacre. She also repeats the 'jobs' mantra. She omits the adequacy of the Pacific NorthWest's hydro electrical capacity for its needs while suggesting that because automobiles in the area aren't required to undergo regular air pollution certification, BioMassacre is the answer to a problem we don't have in western Washington. Yes, Dupe Energy has a problem. It's a filthy, predatory, rapacious anachronism squatting on innumerable coal plants across the nation. It's CO2 footprint is monstrously huge. It knows the jig is up. It's dying gasps for corporate immortality rest on burning NorthWest forests to acquire carbon credits in a regulatory Cap and Trade arena. But BioMassacre is DIRTIER than coal! That's right. Wood incineration generates MORE CO2 per kilowatt/hour produced than coal...by about a factor of 2x. Carbon-Neutral? Hardly! Unless you're in the habit of cashing post dated checks you'll wait 50-100 years or more to have honored...if ever, assuming this kind of instant long term carbon debt is the height of folly straight from The Emperor's New Clothes. Yet educated fools repeat the fool's refrain in every direction. They will, unfortunately, continue to do so until the MONEY runs out...because that, in the end, is what this is all about. Finally she resorts to the 'jobs' rationale, implying we effectively should sell our children and ...