Iowa Soybean Association president Delbert Christensen hand-delivered a letter on March 1 to the Iowa House Agriculture Committee and other sate legislative leaders at the State Capitol in Des Moines. Christensen's letter explained why ISA was taking exception to the anti-biodiesel message that was presented to legislators the week before by opponents of the proposed requirement for B5 usage in Iowa.
The Iowa Biodiesel Board and the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association also made presentations to the House Agriculture Committee in response to the negative biodiesel reports made by Decker Trucking and the Iowa Motor Truck Association. IBB and IFRA stressed the benefits of biodiesel to Iowa's economy and urged legislators to find ways to increase use within the state.
(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32Ke2VzrqU>, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures. Of major concern to diesel and biodiesel users is the very real possibility that water has contaminated their fuel. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YcczdvPyAk). The potential catastrophic impact of this problem is discussed at length in this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lh4qhXc_5s&feature=youtube_gdata.
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