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Fuel alternative helps revive a struggling Illinois farm region
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by clorenz1 | June 12, 2006 at 08:53 am
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The sunrises seem brighter and the mood is jauntier in this rural village of 2,900 -- ever since ethanol, dreams of American energy independence and an economic shot in the arm came to town.
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at 09:00 on June 12th, 2006
All I can say is - they better not be replacing gas with some environmentally-almost-as-bad alternative. That would be the icing on the cake!
at 11:03 on June 12th, 2006
Until they can make it more energy efficient to convert from corn to ethanol its not going to be a decent alternative.
The interest is helping the farmers and the communities around the new ethanol plants though.