Ok, until I get through to them, here is a link for the latest news on their oils division:
http://www.admworld.com/news/articles/12_16_02_specialty.htm James Slayden On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Keith Addison wrote: > Hi James > > >Hi Keith, > > > >There was an interesting quip in your post that I found interesting and > >had a question on. > > > >On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Keith Addison wrote: > > > > > > > > There's probably room for all of those and more, and they'd do better > > > than an imposed jatropha plantation in the local niches where they're > > > best adapted and people know how to deal with them. There's also the > > > question of multi-use, I doubt New Delhi's thought of that, but it's > > > most important. As we see, for instance, with large-scale ethanol > > > plants using grain, which regard the grain oil as a waste product and > > > throw it away. > > > >Huh? Ethanol production using grain throws away oil? I have never heard > >of this. Please explain or provide links. > > Weren't we discussing it in the thread about aflatoxin attacking the > US corn crop? > > Anyway, have you ever heard of them using the oil? I hadn't, and I'd > been wondering about it... Here it is: > > >> >1 Bushel of corn = 3.6 gallons of fuel oil. > >> > > >> >A typical bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds. 1 bushel provides 2.5 > >> >gallons of ethanol fuel, 14.4 pounds of feed, 1.6 pounds of corn oil. > >> > > >> >(Of course it needn't take 3.6 gallons of fuel oil to produce 1 > >> >bushel of corn, nor any at all, but it does.) > >> > > >> >Funny, with all this crap put about by David Pimentel on the alleged > >> >energy inefficiency of ethanol from corn (NOT), I've never seen the > >> >corn oil brought into the picture. Different lobbies I suppose, ne'er > >> >the twain shall meet. > > > >Also this: > > > >>Now there's some discussion with a chemical engineer in Brazil > >>about it. He's working with a factory making ethanol from corn and > >>producing 30 thousand liters per month of non-refined corn oil, > >>stored or used as fertilizer in the sugar-cane crop, of all things. > >>So it seems the corn oil is indeed regarded as a waste product from > >>ethanol production. They haven't even thought of using it for > >>process heat. If they did, and made biodiesel from the excess > >>(looks like there'd be an excess), that would rather change the > >>energy efficiency of the corn distillation and the economics of > >>both operations. > > > >I think we'll be hearing more about this soon. > > We haven't yet, but we will. > > I still don't know what people like ADM do. What happens to the corn oil? > > Keith > > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > Keith > > > >Thanks, > > > >James Slayden > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
