Traveling Through Southside
On Friday, Governor Warner and congressional candidate Tom Pierriello addressed about 100 supporters at the Old Virginia BBQ in Rocky Mount. The Fifth District voters expressed concerns about the nation’s energy crisis and the struggling economy, and Governor Warner told them about his comprehensive plan to break our nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
The Franklin News Post was there.
From there, Governor Warner went to Gretna, where he toured Piedmont Biofuels, a plant that is working on a community-based way to produce “green gasoline.”
The experiments they are conducting could yield the next generation of biofuels. They use a variety of nonfeed-crops to produce their “green” gasoline. So far, they have produced green coal and green oil, and are working to develop a way to have these facilities all over of the state, each that can serve their local area with sustainable fuel for their communities.
Governor Warner used Piedmont as an example of the type of facility that we should promote as part of a portfolio approach to addressing our nation’s energy crisis. It is one of several new facilities in Virginia that could create jobs and lead the way in producing renewable, clean energy supplies.
Governor Warner then visited Danville, where he visited the Corning Plant, where they produce all sorts of glass products, including glass for iPods and ceramics for military usage.
From there, Governor Warner went to the Cantaloupe Festival at the Halifax County Fairgrounds.
Here are some of the pictures from Friday: