This is a response from me to
Brad Lofton’s letter of 22 September 2010.
I also refer to Leigh Touchton’s response of the same date.

From: “John S. Quarterman”

To: blofton@industrialauthority.com, Leigh Touchton

Cc: [VDT, elected officials, and other people]

Subject: Re: Brad Lofton, Executive Director Industrial Authority

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:23:39 -0400

Brad,

I also appreciate you taking the time to meet with people,
but I am disappointed in the information provided by VLCIA.

For example, you say:

You are absolutely correct in stating that we provided you peer reviewed
scientific literature proving that biomass plants are indeed carbon neutral

Excuse me? What journal accepts a stack of powerpoint slides for
peer review?

Maybe you mean it’s based on some journal article. Citation, please:
journal, date, and page.

The only thing I can find in it that was peer-reviewed was a quote
from an IPCC 2007 report, which asks for “a sustainable forest
management strategy”. That’s what we don’t have; that stack of
slides certainly isn’t it.

You mention:

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