Common use of Supporting Argument Clause in Contracts

Supporting Argument. As the price of oil continues to climb, the use of alternative energy can help ease supply constraints, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and offer environmental benefits. Alternative energy can take many forms, including cellulosic ethanol, which is a fuel that can be produced from the conversion of cellulosic biomass. Cellulose is a polymer composed of repeating units of glucose and is contained in the cell wall of plants. Cellulosic biomass can be produced from rapidly growing trees, such as hybrid poplar and silver maple, as well as large perennial grasses, such as switchgrass and miscanthus. In Michigan, approximately 10,000 acres of land are subject to open space development rights easements, which prevent the property from being used for any purpose that would alter its character as open space land. Potentially, some of this land is suitable for agriculture and could be used to produce perennial crops for cellulosic ethanol. The landowner, however, may not farm the property without terminating the development rights easement and subjecting the property to a lien for taxes that were not paid while the easement was in effect. Under the ▇▇▇▇, a landowner could withdraw property from an open space development rights easement, without penalty, if the land became subject to a farmland development rights agreement and were devoted to the production of perennial cellulosic ethanol crops for energy generation. This would keep the land in agricultural use for at least 10 years, and would help promote the production of energy crops and lessen the use of petroleum-based fuel.

Supporting Argument. As the price of oil continues to climb, the use of alternative energy can help ease supply constraints, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and offer environmental benefits. Alternative energy can take many forms, including cellulosic ethanoland one popular source is biomass, which is a fuel that can be produced refers to any organic material made from the conversion of cellulosic biomassplants or animals. Cellulose is a polymer composed of repeating units of glucose and is contained in the cell wall of plants. Cellulosic While biomass can be produced from rapidly growing treesburned to produce energy, it also can be converted to biofuels such as hybrid poplar ethanol, biodiesel, and silver maplemethane. Although corn is the predominate source of ethanol at this time, energy crops also include soybeans, sugar beets, and sorghum, as well as large perennial grasses, nonfood crops such as switchgrass switchgrass, silver maple trees, and miscanthus. In Michigan, approximately 10,000 acres of land are subject to open space development rights easements, which prevent the property from being used for any purpose that would alter its character as open space land. Potentially, some of this land is suitable for agriculture and could be used to produce perennial crops for cellulosic ethanolbiomass. The landowner, however, may not farm the property without terminating the development rights easement and subjecting the property to a lien for taxes that were not paid while the easement was in effect. Under the ▇▇▇▇, a landowner could withdraw property from an open space development rights easement, without penalty, if the land became subject to a farmland development rights agreement and were devoted to the production of perennial cellulosic ethanol crops biomass for energy generation. This would keep the land in agricultural use for at least 10 years, and would help promote the production of energy crops and lessen the use of petroleum-based fuel.