Maryland to get biodiesel refineries

[phantom power]

(I ripped this off from LBN)

ADAMSTOWN // Biodiesel production is coming to Maryland in the new year, promising benefits for farmers and the environment.

Government incentives promoting alternative fuels have helped inspire plans for as many as three refineries, two near Frederick in Central Maryland and one on the Eastern Shore. All would refine relatively clean-burning biodiesel from soybean oil, which is produced when soybeans are crushed to make meal for livestock feed.

(...)

Prices paid to farmers in these areas have been depressed since Maryland's last remaining grain export elevator, at Locust Point in South Baltimore, collapsed in 2001, the brothers said.

The Butzes said they aim to buy about 5 million bushels of soybeans annually, enough to produce 218 million pounds of soybean meal and 5 million gallons of soybean oil. They would sell the meal to area dairy farmers to feed cattle.

Sales of biodiesel made from the oil would make the entire operation financially feasible, Robert Butz said.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.biodiesel03jan03,1,4088667.story?coll=bal-business-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

[LiberalEsto]

1. All that potential tofu

irrevocably lost.
:cry:

[BOHICA06]

2. Aren't you suppose to say ...

off - :sarcasm: after such a post ???
;)

[NNadir]

3. Every little bit helps.

It is difficult to imagine this plant having more than 5 to 10 million dollars a year, though.