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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Murphy Siding</i> <br /><br />Thirty-five miles north of me,at Wentworth, S.D. is an ethanol plant built about 5 years ago. It is near the end of a little used brach line to the grain elevators at Madison, S.D. It was built there, knowing full well, that there would never be any unit train loads in or out. And yet, they still chose that location. What do you suppose they know that we (and Dave) don't. Oh.....it's also in the center of about 10,000 square miles of cornfields, and 10 miles from Interstate 29,and 30 miles from Interstate 90.[;)] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Did you even read the article? The gist of the article is that future growth in ethanol production facilities must conform to unit train dynamics, both for inbound corn and outbound products. Thus, the "all unit train or nothing" spector. <br /> <br />I am responding to the thesis put forth by the writer. What are you responding to?
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