The Anti-Progress Progressive Group

They are called "the Fund for Public Interest Research" [PIRGIM], and claim to be "progressive", they are anything but that. The Fund is advertising on "Craigslist" for people to "work on a campaign for a better energy future for Michigan". What they really are is legal obstructionists with no solutions of their own. Take for example this protest email campaign of theirs:

Dear Representative, The Animal Factory Polluter Bills in the House Agriculture Committee would exempt polluting animal factories from regulatory oversight. Please oppose these bills, work to kill them in committee, and take up legislation that would truly help family farmers and better regulate polluting animal factories. Sincerely, Gullable College Student Radical

First off, I don't know who they think these "family farmers" are, but farming is a business, not a hobby. Long gone are the days are when the whole family worked on some "mythical" farm setting, today farmers use GPS guided Tractors and Computers. Second, instead of trying to drive agro-business out of business, they should be promoting "Dryfermentation" to turn this waste into clean burning bio-gas. This would help the farmers and would also boost our [Michigan's] energy independence with this clean "renewable" form of energy.

They claim renewable energy is one of their goals, but clearly in this case, "It isn't".

If PIRGIM were really concerned about "factory farm pollution" they would be running an information and technical assistance program like the actual "Do-ers" at Dryfermentation.com do. PIRGIM is nothing more than bunch silver spoon college students and 1960's professors running around, being a nuisance, and accomplishing absolutely nothing positive for human, environmental, and our countries "progress". Resources: Funding On-Farm Biogas Recovery Systems A Manual for Developing Biogas Systems at Commercial Farms in the United States FarmWare: A pre-feasibility software package that accompanies the AgSTAR Handbook. Renewable Resources Biogas Fuel Cell As a byproduct of the sewage treatment process, the plant produces biogas. A fuel cell at the plant uses biogass to generate electricity. USAID Telling Our Story: Sri Lanka - Generating Biogas from Wastewater Dr. Chad Kanagachandran holds a bag of biogas from the pilot plant.

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