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Mar 19, 2023Liked by Walter McLeod

While all of the efforts of the new administration are admirable. The real issue with energy efficiency and carbon reduction efforts fail when those in charge have neither technical backgrounds or a basic understanding of human behavior. I personally believe that all of our initial efforts should be in modifying personal behaviors and increasing the energy efficiency of the systems we currently have. We could reach at least half of our goals if we just focused on one segment of the problem at a time. Namely; Air conditioners! With our global warming and skewed seasonal weather patterns....the fastest growing segment in our economy is heating and cooling. If we reduced the amount of energy to cool using our current HVAC technologies (which haven't changed since 1909) we could prove to everyone that if we focused we can make a difference incrementally. I have personally reduced over 15,000 energy profiles in cooling systems over the last 10 years. If consumers can realize the savings, feel the personal comfort and realize that doing the "right thing" is a win, win, win....then maybe we can continue to improve incrementally!

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Global society is at an inflection point. How do we raise the standard of living for the billions who are not living in houses with hot and cold running water? How do we rethink energy generation and development? The challenges in front of us demand all of us.

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May 29, 2022Liked by Walter McLeod

Dear Walter:

As a science enthusiast and a forest lover, it has, nevertheless, been very disappointing to see the large number of high-profile initiatives to capture CO 2, by planting lots of trees, without the scientific analysis to determine which trees or plants might be best at extracting the most atmospheric CO 2, per acre, over the next 10 years!!!

This is critical, because the time-sensitive urgency is to reduce CO 2 levels, as soon as possible.

Accordingly, an analysis done on our behalf, by the University of California, at Berkeley, shows that Biomass Sorghum may capture nearly four (4) times the amount of CO 2, as an equal acreage of trees, and twice as much as switchgrass.

So, we use Biomass Sorghum to both capture large amounts of CO 2, and provide other environmental services, then to make cost-advantaged Bio-Products, which sequester the captured Carbon, and, in some cases, displace products made from oil.

I ask everyone to demand that governments and universities conduct the aforementioned analysis!!!

Regards,

JJJ

President, Agri-Tech Producers, LLC

josephjjames@bellsouth.net

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Aug 1, 2021Liked by Walter McLeod

Dear Walter:

I am glad to learn about the proposed Energy Sector Innovation Credit (ESIC) Act, which would incentivize clean energy innovation to scale up and compete.

Unfortunately, tax credits favor the goals of large, profit generating companies and create extra costs and steps for small, innovative companies who may have very compelling solutions, and might wish to take advantage of federal incentives, to commercialize their solutions.

I suggest that the Act be amended, to include a small business grant program, which could make funding available to small companies with compelling solutions.

Regards,

JJJ

Joseph J. James, President

Agri-Tech Producers, LLC (ATP)

116 Wildewood Club Court

Columbia, South Carolina 29223

Cell: (803) 413-6801

Email: josephjjames@bellsouth.net

Website: http://www.agri-techproducers.net

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As a science enthusiast and a forest lover, it has been very disappointing to see the large number of high-profile initiatives to capture CO 2, by planting lots of trees, around the world.

And, because of the time-sensitive urgency of combatting Climate Change, the real challenge is to reduce CO 2 levels, as soon as possible. So, it is of great concern that such decisions were apparently made without a vigorous, science-based search for the best tree or plant alternatives to take on combatting Climate Change, in the most timely and effective method.

Nevertheless, an analysis done on our behalf, by the University of California, at Berkeley, shows that Biomass Sorghum may capture nearly four (4) times the amount of CO 2, as an equal acreage of trees.

So, we take advantage of Biomass Sorghum's prolific CO 2 capture capability, using my patented, Combined Remediation Biomass and Bio-Product Production (CRBBP) Process, where one plants and then multi-tasks certain Bio-Crops, like Biomass Sorghum, to do good things for the health and well being of people, the planet, and local communities, less expensively.

And, the CRBBP Process’ multi-tasking features share the cost of growing the Bio-Crops across multiple tasks, making the cost of each task, including the provision of environmental services and the conversion of the resulting biomass into cost-advantaged, circular economy bio-products, lower than it would have been, if the Bio-Crops were grown for a single purpose.

ATP-MD, LLC, my Maryland operating affiliate, with help from the Exelon Foundation's Climate Change Investment Initiative (See: https://www.exelonfoundation.org/environment.html), is commercializing an urban application of our CRBBP Process, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, where Biomass Sorghum will be planted outdoors to capture large amounts of CO 2, while providing a number of additional environmental services, including remediating brownfield sites and/or the screening of airborne particulate matter, to moderate respiratory disease and COVID-19 impact.

Using our CRBBP Process, we also plan to grow Biomass Sorghum in our proposed proprietary Vertical Bio-Crop Farms (VBF's), where we can optimize lighting and conditions to create two growing seasons and thereby, capture approximately eight (8) times the CO 2 as an equal acreage of trees.

Not only do I hope there will be a science-based analysis to help rank the top 10 trees or crops, for their ability to not only capture CO 2, but to do so with minimal adverse impact on the world's ecosystems, while also protecting our forests.

And, I hope that both public and private funding and incentives will strongly support the most viable plant and tree-based initiatives, with special attention given to the additional environmental and societal benefits such initiatives offer.

Regards,

JJJ

Joseph J. James, President

Agri-Tech Producers, LLC (ATP)

Cell: (803) 413-6801

Email: josephjjames@bellsouth.net

Website: http://www.agri-techproducers.net

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Many thanks, Walter for keeping us up to date on environmental issues!!!

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