J. Read Smith, a farmer from St. John, Washington and Co-chairman of 25X’25 explained to the House Agricultural Affairs Committee recently what that organization hopes to accomplish. The organization’s goal is for America's farms, forests and ranches to provide 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States by 2025, while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed and fiber.
Presently, six to seven percent of our power comes from renewables. About half of that amount is from hydropower. The other half is from biomass and other renewables. Increasing our energy from renewables could result in $700 billion in economic development and 5 million new jobs in rural America.
Smith pointed out that we need all the energy we can get. He discussed the option of community wind development that could be a smaller, decentralized compliment to larger projects.
For more information, check out the website at http://www.25x25.org/
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