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the generators run on biodiesel. organizers have set up collection points for used cooking oil.hey say efforts such as this have helped cut total power consumption by 83% compared to last year. >> translator: we'll try to keep this event going by being eco conscience. >> reporter: japanese have been concerned about their power supply since the 2011 disaster at the nuclear plant in fukushima. the crisis led to ten days of rolling blackouts affecting 13 million households and offices. all of the country's 50 commercial reactors are offline and won't go back online until they pass new safety checks. utility managers have been making due by firing off thermal and hydro generators. still, they are urging people to conserve because they expect power reserves to dip to dangerous lows this winter, especially in hokkaido. the grid connecting hokkaido offers the lowest amount of energy compared to other lines. if supplies dwindled, replenishing them would take time. so utilities and government officials have started an energy conservation campaign for winter. >> translator: this year we a

and then we put... >> kroft: "biodiesel"? >> seeb: yeah. >> kroft: that's the name of it?eb: yes, it is. and it's... it's become... >> kroft: doesn't sound like medicine. >> seeb: there's a lot of strains out there that don't sound like medicine, because this didn't used to be legal. and those strain names have not changed. >> kroft: but it's not all brand loyalty and nostalgia. there are lots of new things on the dispensary shelf, especially for non-smokers. they're called edibles, the marriage of botanical science and the culinary arts-- marijuana infused cookies, candy, chocolate truffles, even olive oil. and for patients watching their waistline, there are marijuana pills that come in different strengths, just like tylenol and advil. >> carrie: you simply take it with a glass of water and it puts you where you need to be. >> kroft: the people who have invested money in all of this are known locally as "ganja- preneurs." colorado has had a history of gold rushes and silver rushes, and some people have dubbed this the "green rush"-- not just for the color of medical mari

current usage is 15 million tons, 12 million tons of biodiesel, 3 million tons offette that nof ettel. >> what is the impact of that going to be. >> on? >> on prices and on agriculture, food. >> so there are many people, many european parliamentarians, commission officials who can't get past the using fuel crops for fuel has got to have negative impacts. the u.n. estimates 815 million people suffering from under nourishment. what i think the commission are overlooking or don't give enough weight to is undernourishment is tragedies of poverty and politics. the food they cannot afford to buy and nobody is using is used for christmas biscuits or shampoo or fuel is of no consulation to them. secondly, the crops used for fuel were developed and grown in conjunction with the demand for those fuel crops. if the bio fuels industry was decommissioned -- >> we wouldn't necessarily grow anymore crops for food. >> exactly. exactly. a final point would be that bio fuels existence globally on all continents provides a strategic fuel reserve for the world in the event of and possibly with the expec

the biodiesel tax credit, the veterans work opportunity tax credit, the tax credit to employers to encourage them to hire veterans, and we have had many of these events around washington state talking to employers who have successfully used this tax credit. the low-income housing tax credit. i know the president of the senate probably has projects all over his state that have benefited from the low-income housing tax credit. a great incentive to get more affordable housing built in hard-to-serve areas and challenging areas because of high costs. as i mentioned, the commuter tax benefit. all of these are tied to job creation. so instead of giving predictability and certainty on tax credits, here we are not getting our job done, and we should get this done as soon as possible. it's time for congress to extend these important provisions and to make plans accordingly. i hope that the i.r.s. can be given the predictability and certainty, too, in the new year about these provisions so that we're not delaying or affecting the tax season at the end of next year. so the time to act is now, and i hope