This action not only introduces two new "Fedspeak" words (biobased – bioenergy), it ushers in a brand new set of tasks and opportunities for the Departments of Energy and Agriculture.

You know how down at the pet store you can buy those hollowed out animal hoofs and dried up bones for your dog to chew up and leave on your sofa? Instead, take some of those hooves and bones, grind them up and either burn them or bond them back together and you get bioenergy, or biobased products.

The purpose of the President’s order is to stimulate the creation and implementation of those technologies allowing us to recycle renewable farming and forestry waste byproducts into energy and other consumer products.

Both the environmental and economic benefits of the bioenegy / biobased products initiative are obvious.

"These technologies can create new markets for farm and forest waste products, new economic opportunities for underused land, and new value-added business opportunities. They also have the potential to reduce our Nation's dependence on foreign oil, improve air quality, water quality, and flood control, decrease erosion, and help minimize net production of greenhouse gases." -- Executive Order, August 12, 1999