Reply #16: jpak [View All]

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I don't make this stuff up, jpak. I don't need to. The link I had is dead, but I saved the article. I can only quote the first three grafs to meet the Fair Use standards here at DU.

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$45M refinery project on hold
By Nick Sambides Jr.
Thursday, April 05, 2007 - Bangor Daily News

A proposed $45 million refinery project that would turn forest products into clean-burning oil and fuel 25-megawatt electrical plants is on hold, proponents said Wednesday.

Baileyville, Jay, Lincoln, Millinocket, Old Town, Presque Isle, Skowhegan and Waldoboro are among the communities that have been considered as sites for the initial refinery, the first in a proposed series.

But environmental permitting costs and changes in the quick-paced experimental energy market are giving pause to the Fractionation Development Center, a Rumford-based nonprofit promoting Maine biomass technologies for the Legislature, Executive Director Scott Christiansen said.
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jpak, I wrote quite a long reply to your post above, but I think this discussion has about run its course. We're on the same side here, I just don't believe we have the luxury of waiting for exotic new technology to get up to speed to meet our energy needs while proven technology is pushed to the sidelines because it isn't politically correct. The last time I checked, the peak in global oil production was July 2006, and it's gone downhill ever since.