New Idea?

Here is a "new" idea.  Lets put a modular biodiesel plant right at the ethanol refinery.  They can refine their extracted corn oil (and that of nearby plants) and sell it locally.

Here is an article with that "new" idea dated 17 July 2011
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Diversifying The Ethanol Industry With Biodiesel
"A new option for the ethanol industry to diversify is to add a biodiesel plant to the end of its corn oil extraction technology."
See HERE
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I am not saying that this is not a good idea.  It is.  But it is hardly new.  Here is an article (From before the credit crunch) - nearly four years ago - that shows GreenShift's plan to do exactly the same thing.  SEE HERE  This was going to be the western demo. 

They also had  plans for an east coast setup at the Fulton NY ethanol plant (now Sunoco).  That Ethanol plant with the original ownership went through bankruptcy due to construction issues.

If you wonder why GreenShift has patents covering continuous biodiesel production and a patent pending covering fuel mixing at the pump - this is why. Although the economy and survival and patent infringement litigation has forced a singular focus on COES - GreenShift from the start has seen their role as a total strategic solution.  Not just corn oil extraction, but an increasingly energy self-sufficient corn belt. 

SkunK