With a chimney you avoid the status of peak loader

Last week, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality issued a Quick Scan open to agricultural entrepreneurs. This allows them to determine for themselves whether they are classified as 'peak loaders' and are eligible for voluntary buy-out. The government has not made a list of farmers who zij designates. The farmers can himself by means of a calculation that they carry out themselves.

This is a smart way of avoiding discussions about arbitrary decisions, because peak loaders cannot actually be identified. The burden on the environment is caused by many farmers (and companies) together. It is therefore a matter of designating who should disappear. The government allows farmers to designate themselves on the basis of criteria: those who want to be bought out can nominate themselves. Unfortunately, the tool turns out that way complicated that farmers, their advisors and even professionals well versed in agriculture and sustainability cannot easily complete the Quick Scan. 

As a consultant, you should examine the concepts and the functioning of the calculation rules again to understand how you can deal with them. So did the very smart farmer Boy Griffioen (see the tweets below). Although Griffioen burps in the Naardermeer nature reserve, he is not a peak loader if he puts a chimney on his stable. That same effect is already demonstrated for the Limburg branch of insulation material manufacturer Rockwool, one of the largest ammonia emitters in our country. However, it does not cause any damage to the nature reserve that the company borders on due to the high chimneys.

Geesje Rotgers explains that the Quick Scan is a special one for the buy-out scheme customized version of the RIVM model Aerius.

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