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Show Thursday, February 16, 2006 DAILY Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD how they felt. But Sen. Al Mansell, R-Sandy, has said he never thought thebill would become law and heintroducedtwosubstitutes, SenateBills 267 and 268, in place of the much-maligned land usebill. Quin Monson,anassistant professorof political science at Brigham Young University, said the attention SB 170is getting from cities, in spite of Mansell’sinsistencethatit is deadandis moreof a message to thecities to act appropriately when making zoning decisions,is a message back to the Legislature — don’t mess with our zoningrights. “I think it's a signalof the strength ’of opposition to the bill at the municipal level,” he said. Provo Mayor Lewis Billings said he andother city leaders the bill was important because he didn’t believe the bill and all ofits concepts were quite dead. “I think that partsofthis bill will probably be tried to be incorporatedinto otherbills,” le said, BothSpringville and Provo passed resolutions at their Feb. “I think people wanted to speak, and they wanted to speak strongly,” he said; he Mansell has pulled thebill, he has seen a numberof people with repressive Sees they at of being com- Google and Yahoo found ee denigrated as tools of China’s Communist government in a congressional hearing Wednesdaythat led Yahoo to apologize for inadvertently assisting in the arrest of a Chinese dissident and Google to state that it could abandon China if censorship causes major business disruptions. The two Internet giants were among four computer companies summonedto Capitol Hill to answer questions and face rebukes fortheir business activities in China, which have involved acquiescing to Chinese censorship laws. ‘The hearing — andthe withering criticisms directed at the four — put into starkrelief the complexities and compromises facing the high-flying Internet companiesas they try to follow traditional American exporters in building global brands. Unlike automakersor consumerproducts marketers, when companies like Yahoo and Google do business in countries passinga resolution against wanted their opposition on the record; while he has heard that hasn'tseenit, and that makes him nervous. “Hehas not withdrawnor agreed,he will not guarantee thatbill is dead,”Billings said, adding he has seen instances in which unpopular bills were passed quietly at the endof the David Greising CHICAGO TRIBUNE session,andcities want to register their opposition. “They’re wantingit to be very clear.” Orem Councilman Stephen Sandstrom said he believed 7 meetings; Provo's agenda said the city would opposed “any substitute or otherbill that removes or undermines long-standing local governmentlanduse authority unless proposed as part of an inclusive process involvingall stakeholders.” Springville Mayor Gene Mangumsaihis city’s resolution only expressed opposition to SB 170, not any substitutes, and while he knewof the substitutes and had heardthe bill wasdead,city leaders felt the issue was important enoughto addressjust in case. “It was our understanding thatit was temporarily shelled, butit had the possibility ofit comingtolife, so we were being proactive there,” he said, “Wewanted ourvoice to be heard.” Monsonsaid statementslike these from municipal governments could beinfluential in legislative decision-making; he anticipated a strong backlash from cities and voters if zoning authority was taken awayfrom cities. This kind of responseto a deadbill was uncommon,though. “It's not something I've seen before,”he said. Butit’s something that needed to be done,Billingssaid. al Internet giants under fire on Capitol Hill Cities fighting whatlegislator calls a deadbill ” Orem becamethe latest city Tuesday night to formally oppose SenateBill 170, a resolution the author said was dead two weeks ago — andthey did it with vigor. “Exclamationpoints to expressing strongopposition to SenateBill 170,” said Councilwoman Karen McCandless after the agendaitem passed unanimously and without comment. “Big exclamation points.” Thebill has drawnthe ire of municipalities throughout the state of Utah, withofficials sayingit would take awayall their authority to zone and give the powerto developers to do essentially whatever they wanted. The Utah League ofCities and Towns calledit a “developer's wishlist” and dozensofcities passed resolutions similar to Orem's to makesurelegislators knew H ERALD This is an even moresensitive issue for the Internet because of the powerful image they havecultivated as champions of open communication. Indeed, the central question of the hearing — and the conundrum before these big businesses — was whether they have a moral obligation to reject China’s demands. Yahoo received a stinging admonition for turning over e-mail . accountinformationthatled to the imprisonmentof a Chinese dissident, Shi Tao. A Yahoo affiliate in China providedthe information without requiring a court order from Chinese authorities. Google camein for perhaps the strongest criticism at the hearing. The Internet giant launched a Chinaversionofits search engine that blocks users from obtaining information about the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Falun Gongreligious group, andother topics banned by Chinese censors. Biodiesel Continued from Al | oil used to cook lunchinto fuel | for the MercedesofCrafts's wife, Mary. But the machine was destroyedin a fire on Mon| day. But MaryCrafts said she and her husband were determined to keepthe eventon track. “Wetook’a look at what we're trying to do onthis planet and whatwestill knewto be true.” Crawford demonstrated the | | process with a smaller unit, | aboutthe sizeofa large brief| case. Hepoured in soybeanoil | and ethylalcohol, and a few minuteslater, out camea trilayer substance,containing ethanol, biodiesel and glycerin. Audience members seemed skeptical andfired off detailed technical questions, which Crawford answeredin matching detail. McKay Morely,president of BioUSA, said his company very angry overthis legislation, which he called improper governance.“It’s very, very, very disappointing.” 24 months away. Thefuelcosts about $1.42 to produce,including $1.15 for vegetableoil, 9 cents for methanol, 3 cents forelectricity, 5 centsfor labor,and 10 cents to license the technology. The process is mosteffective for businessesthat operatelargefleets of diesel-poweredvehicles. Biodiesel is about 8 percent less efficient than regulardiesel and hasto be blended with reg- wassetting up shop in south ulardiesel at low temperatures. Utah Countyusing oneof the DEPcontends that while standard biodiesel could damage DEP machines and would begin selling biodieselto individual consumers andlarger corporate consumersin the spring. The facility will be on U.S. 89 between Spanish Fork and Springville and usevirgin soybean and rapeseed oils to produce about 2.25 million gallons a year. Morely said he hoped produc- D Heidi Toth can be reached at 344-2543 or htoth@heraldextra.com. the end of 2007. Morely said the facility would be oneof Utah's first, but refineries in other states already are up and running.“We're kind of behindthe curveonbiodiesel.” A separatefacility is slated to open in Lindon by the endof the month. DEPalready has sold two machinesandhas orders for a dozen morein the southwest United States, RonCrafts said. A smaller unit that would fit into a garageandbe able to produce about 10 gallons a day is being developed, andis about tion would increaseto 10 million gallonsa year bythe end of 2006 and 20 million gallons by SB #70 “This makes you a facies ary of the Chinese government,” usS. Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, said after eliciting testimony from Google's representative indicating that the company models its list of forbidden search terms directly from those on official Chinese search engines. Elliott Schrage, Google’s vice around the world.” Yahoo in its statement med to place the responsibilit about a commitmentto “open because of apparent tampering the U.S. government to ei undemocratic regimes to relax censorship rules. Schrage acknowledged that Google’s decision to create Google.cn especially for China was at times an unsatisfactory compromise. president of global communica. tions andglobal affairs,told It went against “Google's Leachthat Google’s system was most basic values and commitmorecomplicated than particiments as a company,” Schrage patingwillingly in censorship. said. But the company went “Weare not showing thefull ahead because Google decided results because of (Chinese) it could make “a meaningful, governmentrestrictions,” though imperfect, contribution to the overall expansion of acSchragestated. Schrage and representatives cessto informationin China.” from Yahoo, Microsoft and InGoogle's commitmenttoits ternet computer company Cisco Chinabusinessis not absolute, Systems sought to cast a posithough. tivelight on their ChinaactiviSchragesaid that thecomties. SomeInternet search capa- panycouldpull out of China bility is better than none, they if it felt that it could not meet argued. Yahoo triedto inoculate internalgoals including protectitself prior to the testimony ing user privacy,disclosing to before the House subcommittee users when a search has been on Africa, Global Human Rights censored,and continuing to ofandInternational Operations by fer an unfiltered Google.com — floating a new policy statement which performspoorly in China availability of the Internet by authorities. Cheney and Culinary Crafts c. ring vehicles have been powered by biodiesel using the machine pro- Continued from Al totype for about a year. RonCrafts said he wasinitially drawnto biodiesel’s price tag, but “as the project progressed,I became awarethat wasa secondary benefit.” More important,he said,is the fuel’s “Sat hit Harry,” Cheney said ina hastily arranged White Houseinterview with Fox News Channelanchor Brit Hume. “Andyou can talk aboutall of the other conditionsthatexisted at the time, butthat’s the bottom line. Andthere's no — it was loweremissions andsustainabil- ity. “It is a completely renewable sourceoffuel.” Mary Crafts and Stas Mintowt-Czyz,a family friend, infused their speeches to the crowdwith politics. Mary Crafts said the technology could be used to make biodiesel marketable nationwide and make farmingprofitable again. The moneycurreritly used to pay farm subsidies could be used to pay downthe national debt, not Harry's fault. You can’t blameanybodyelse. I'm the guy whopulled the trigger and shot myfriend. And I say that is somethingI'll neverforget.” Thevice president rejected critics. including Republicans, whosaid the incident should have been announced, prompt- ly bythe White House, rather than by the ranch ownercalling friendlylocal reporter the next day. “I thought that madegood sense because you get as accurate a story as possible from somebody who knewand understood hunting,”he said, adding, “And I thought that wasthe right call. ... I still do.” she said. Mintowt-Czyz said the country’s foreignpolicy is crafted aroundoil, but biodiesel could change that. “We can reduce our dependencyonforeignoil.” Mary Crafts said Tuesday that they believe the cause ofthefire that destroyed the engines, its proprietary process producesfuelis not harmful to equipmentwaselectrical, but a ¢ars but does initially require more frequentoil filter changes. Traditional biodiesel production methods require acres of land, but DEP’s technology operatesat Culinary Crafts in a room that measures about 14 feet by 20 feet, Crawford said. RonCrafts has beena biodiesel enthusiast for nine years, business’ insurer wasonsite on Cheneyagreed todiscuss forensic investigator from the the accident publiclyonlyafter White Houseseniorofficials and Republicanstrategists Wednesday. Afterthe presentation, Lynn Hales of Spanish Fork dis- complained thathis belated disclosure and refusal to speak out had madethesituation cussed the technology with a friend and ponderedifit will be as successful as the company worse. White House aides hopes. Hiscautious conclusion: andallies expressed hope that “If it does whatit saysit will, it will be.” Cheney’s public comments would defuse the uproar. Sponsor: Sen. 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