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Subject: BioTown loses some steam


Author:
larry
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Date Posted: 14:40:10 03/25/08 Tue

The one-stoplight farming hamlet of Reynolds had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA.

Its goal was to become the first U.S. community to meet all electricity and gas needs through renewable energy by using everything from farm waste to sewage.

Industry and government officials led the early charge. BP installed a gas pump offering an ethanol fuel blend, and South Dakota-based VeraSun Energy Corporation started building an ethanol production plant near town.

But money problems, leadership changes and other obstacles have sparked skepticism that Reynolds will ever succeed at moving the state or the nation toward homegrown energy and away from foreign oil.

Although some projects have stalled, but BioTown proponents say the project will continue.

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