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Date Posted: 16:31:53 11/09/06 Thu
In reply to:
bubba
's message, "Along with wind power, ethanol has become the newest big thing in the Midwest and Great Plains..." on 11:54:56 11/08/06 Wed
haven't enough arable land to grow enough corn to make a significant difference. That, and the energy inefficiency of the seed to gas tank process, make ethanol a huge boondoggle, IMHO.
>...now if they can just keep tariffs on Brazilian
>ethanol for another five-seven years and add enough
>grid capacity in the plains states to transport all
>those wind powered mega-watts, those prospects might
>pan out.
>
>>And the profits keep rolling in.
>>
>>US Ethanol Industry on Pace for 20+% Growth in Annual
>>Production
>>8 November 2006
>>
>>According to data provided by the Renewable Fuels
>>Association, US ethanol production is currently
>>averaging nearly 4.7 billion gallons a year, a 20.5%
>>increase from the 3.9 billion gallons produced in
>2005.
>>
>>In August, US producers averaged 329,000 barrels per
>>day (bpd)—a record for daily production average and an
>>increase of 69,000 bpd from August 2005. Demand for
>>ethanol remained strong, averaging 385,000 bpd in
>>August, approaching the record demand set back in
>>June. Stocks and imports of ethanol also rose in
>>August to 384.7 million gallons and 133.2 million
>>gallons respectively.
>>
>>Currently, 106 ethanol biorefineries nationwide have
>>the capacity to produce more than 5 billion gallons
>>annually. There are 48 ethanol refineries and 7
>>expansions under construction with a combined annual
>>capacity of more than 3.5 billion gallons.
>>
>>Among recent major plant developments are:
>>
>> *
>>
>> E3 BioFuels announced it will begin production
>>in December 2006 at Mead, Nebraska, as the first-ever
>>closed-loop system for distilling commercial
>>quantities of ethanol using methane gas recaptured
>>from cow manure, instead of fossil fuels. This
>>virtually eliminates the need for fossil fuels in the
>>production of ethanol.
>>
>> In addition to breaking ground on its
>>100-million gallon plant in Hereford Texas, Panda
>>Ethanol announced plans for an additional 100-million
>>gallon plants in Lincoln County, Nebraska and
>>Muleshoe, Texas. Panda will fuel its six announced
>>ethanol plants by gasifying cow manure (earlier
>>post)—the Muleshoe plant will use 1 billion pounds of
>>cow manure per year, as an example. On 7 November,
>>Panda went public via a reverse merger with Cirracor.
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