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Date Posted: 05:41:31 11/10/06 Fri
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Oropan
's message, "Re: Brought to you courtesy of Arthur Daniel Midland. We" on 05:36:48 11/10/06 Fri
http://www.sunopta.com/bioprocess/index.aspx
Disclaimer: I own a lot of stock in this company.
>I'm sure ADM will be the next 'Big' corporation for
>leftists to hate.
>Anyway, the future of ethanol is cellulosic ethanol.
>You can make ethanol from many sources of waste. Check
>out a company called Sunopta (STKL) for info on this.
>They are working on pilot plants here in the US and in
>China and Spain. The idea we are going to become
>energy independent on corn ethanol is just a econut
>pipe dream.
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>>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.
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>>>...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:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 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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