ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Abroad based coalition of U.S. agri cultural, forestry, and chemi cal industry leaders met in St. Louis to advance an industry wide vision for creating plant based, renewable products that would replace current petroleum-based products as fossil-fuel supplies dwindle. The goal of the "Renewables Vision 2020" coalition is to achieve at least 10 percent of basic chemical building blocks arising from renewable, plant-derived sources by the year 2020 a five-fold increase over today's level and at least 50 per cent by 2050. That could mean everything from car tires to plastic soda bottles to paint would in the future be made from renewable sources, such as corn. "For all economic purposes, fossil fuels will run out over the next 20 to 30 years. If we allow that to happen before we've found renewable replacements, it will seriously threaten the economic growth, healthy standards of living and strong economic security Americans now enjoy," said Floyd Schultz, a corn grower from Plainfield, 111., and chairman of the national Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Customer and Business Development Action Team. MESSICK'S EkßCs© ra® & NH 900 HAR F 628 FORAGE BLOWER 70 SERIES TRACTORS Vision vows To Replace Petroleum With Plants NCGA hosted the may 7 coali tion meeting. The initial work of this . coalition began with leader ship from NCGA and is con sistent with NCGA's vision and goals to make the com industry worth $4O billion at the farm gate and to invest its growers; dollars in research thaf pays dividends to U.S. con growers. il/Ui, just talk or an effort to jump on the popular "green" bandwagon, this coalition is active, aggressive and has a strategic game plan for accomplishing its ambitious vision and goals. Step one was the develop ment of the "Plant/Crop- Based Renewable Resources 2020" document which out lined the coalition's vision and goals. In February, more than 60 companies, associa tions and government agen cies signed an historic agree ment to support the vision. The second and current step is the preparation of technolo gy roadmaps for use by gov ernment and industry. The final step is the actual research and business devel opment efforts that will make renewable technologies suc cessful. As evidenced by last week's meeting, the coalition is now moving quickly to make that vision a reality. $ $ $ $ SAVE THOUSANDS $ $ $ $ FX 25 w/Crop Processor 4x4 4 Row Corn Head and Pick-Up Attachment w/Crop Processor 4x4 6 Row Corn Head FX 45 •540 RPM ier /age Up Tons/Hr, -Up To m/Hr. NH 634, 644, 654, 664 ROUND BALER Make Tight Bales For High Moisture Hay and Corn * * Fodder Fast! An executive steering com mittee is establishing a char ter and will oversee imple mentation of the vision. The committee is chaired by industry business consultant Jim McLaren, who represents the NCGA, and co-chaired by Ronald Eirckson, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation. An industry workshop, tar get for August, will invite a wide range of industry experts to identify renewable technology targets. Technology roadmaps that will help guide public and pri vate research and develop ment efforts will follow. The resulting development of renewable technologies will prevent "major global prob lems" that will result from the depletion of fossil fuels, but will cost money. How much? "We're talking about bil lions and billions of dollars worth of changes in the United States," said coalition chairman Jim McLaren for NCGA. "Attracting the kind of coordination and support this vision requires couldn't be left to one company or industry alone. This requires—and very much is a multi-industry effort to make significant change in U.S. production." 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Other farm commodity groups are expected to partic ipate more fully in the future. For more information on the Renewable Vision 2020 or a copy of the "Plant/Crop- Based Renewable Resources 2020" document, contact the national Corn Growers Association at (314) 275-9915 or visit their website at http://www.nega.com/15D )E/p agels.html. N 0 71 ast!
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