The reason this is so important is because we need some added value to the biomass that we're removing from the forests. In other words, If we can get the biomass out of the forest, we will drive down fire suppression costs. What I would be asking is the Department of Energy working with the Department of Ag to coordinate and say, look, this is. We can get together on this. (03:00–03:05)
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