http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/ Sun, 27 May 2012 04:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13559 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:18:17 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13559 [...] beaten up by high corn prices last summer. Around this time last year corn prices were so high that Citigroup analyst David Driscoll predicted that close to three quarters of U.S. ethanol plants, or 123 of America’s 160 operating ethanol [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13558 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:34:20 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13558 [...] beaten up by high corn prices last summer. Around this time last year corn prices were so high that Citigroup analyst David Driscoll predicted that close to three quarters of U.S. ethanol plants, or 123 of America’s 160 operating ethanol [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13557 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:10:09 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13557 we are a broiler poultry producer. ethanol is causing the price of corn that feeds chickens to skyrocket. this reduces profitability of chicken production. why make chicken cost more for making corn farmers rich on the ethanol subsidies. just release the oil from gull island in alaska and that near yosemite. that oil production alone will free the US from foreign oil and lower gas prices.

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13556 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:40:00 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13556 ethanol plants in trouble. checkout this link I found. http://www.ethanolplug.com/PlugNews/WebExclusive25ofEthanolPlantstogoUnder/tabid/144/Default.aspx Also read the other stories: http://www.ethanolplug.com

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13555 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:43:42 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13555 [...] corn prices and tumbling oil prices are squeezing already thin margins for grain-ethanol producers. Citigroup thinks three-quarters of all U.S. ethanol plants are at risk of [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13554 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:40:20 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13554 [...] corn prices and tumbling oil prices are squeezing already thin margins for grain-ethanol producers. Citigroup thinks three-quarters of all U.S. ethanol plants are at risk of [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13553 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:00:47 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13553 [...] corn prices and tumbling oil prices are squeezing already thin margins for grain-ethanol producers. Citigroup thinks three-quarters of all U.S. ethanol plants are at risk of [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13552 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:00:11 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13552 [...] Written by Katie Fehrenbacher No Comments Posted June 28th, 2008 at 6:00 am in Misc 3 Out Of 4 U.S. Ethanol Plants At Risk Of Shutting Down: Close to three quarters of U.S. ethanol plants, or 123 of America’s 160 operating ethanol [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13551 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:40:35 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13551 cont. (2.84 x 4.2 = 11.92) corn is selling for $7.1 a bushel. The cost of production w/o corn is about
$ 0.50 a gallon. or $2.1 for each bushel..
11.92 – (7.1 + 2.1) = $2.72 profet. The real story here is that with gas at $4.00 a gal there will be a lot changes in the way we live a produce energy.

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/3-of-4-us-ethanol-plants-could-shut-down/#comment-13550 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:26:24 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2553#comment-13550 Not so fast.. From each bushel of Corn used net of 4.2 gallons of ethonal is produced. (2.8 gal of ethonal and 18 lbs, or about 1/3 of a bushel, of distillers grain is produced from each bushel of corn, in an average ethonal plant. Distillers grain has more calories, energy and is easier for a cow to digest then corn. 1/2 of all corn produced in the USA is used as animal feed. Therefore from 3 bushel of corn one can produce 8.4 gal of ethonal and 1 bushel of distillers grain or for each bushel of corn lost to feed 4.2 gal of ethonal are produced.) Corn and distillers grain sell for about the same price, the real verable is the price of ethonal. At todays spot price of $2.84 x 4

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