Ethanol plant being built in Illinois - Democratic Underground

lovuian

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Tue May-23-06 10:55 PM
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Ethanol plant being built in Illinois

Edited on Tue May-23-06 10:58 PM by lovuian

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=023f86c6b32916bd

Carroll County Ethanol LLC has awarded two contracts for engineering on the first of three ethanol production facilities to be built in northwestern Illinois.

The first 100-million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant will be built on the Mississippi River, 140 miles west of Chicago, between Savanna and Thompson, Ill., CCE said Tuesday

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More ethanol to come

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One Honest Guy

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Tue May-23-06 10:57 PM
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1. duplicate thread?

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lovuian

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Tue May-23-06 10:59 PM
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2. Thanks Honest Guy

I changed it :kick:

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murielm99

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Tue May-23-06 11:02 PM
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3. This will be wonderful for the area.

It is very economically depressed. Savanna is right on the Mississippi River. A huge new prison was built at Thompson. The town revamped their water system to accommodate the prison. The prison never opened.

The area is beautiful, but it is losing population and closing schools. Businesses are folding. I hope this gives them new life.

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lovuian

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Tue May-23-06 11:08 PM
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4. and good for the environment

I am really looking at the flex car for the future...

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truthisfreedom

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Tue May-23-06 11:34 PM
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5. i just wish producing ethanol didn't create so much greenhouse gas

Edited on Tue May-23-06 11:35 PM by truthisfreedom

it's incredibly inefficient. what are they going to burn to operate the still? coal?

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Rude Horner

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Tue May-23-06 11:54 PM
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6. A Canadian company has come up with an answer

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/ethanol-1.html

Now someone just has to implement it.

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