[AT] quiet list(wheat prices)

[Henry Miller]

On Friday 22 February 2008 09:14:46 Richard Fink Sr wrote:

> is in the high millions to build and really out in the country. From
> what little i have read on this stuff it can't be piped must be
> hauled in special trailers. Don't make much sense to me unless they
> build a oil  processing plant near it.

That is a half truth - it cannot be shipped in multi-use pipes.   It ships 
just fine in a dedicated pipe, but they only build dedicated pipes when they 
have a contract to ship something in that pipe for 20 years.   Of course all 
the single use pipelines in the country are busying shipping whatever in that 
pipe.   The multi-use pipes could find room to ship all the ethanol you would 
want, but you can't put ethanol in them.  

The pipeline companies are considering building an ethanol pipe from IL to 
someplace on the east coast, but they want to make sure the cost will be paid 
off in the long run.

Personally I'm watching a lot of alternative fuels.  I keep hoping the algae 
oil market takes off - they could take unused desert and grown enough fuel 
for the US at $1.50/gallon.   However they have problems to solve yet.  (How 
do you grow a water based plant in the desert?   There are answers - they 
have ideas but it will take time to see if they work)