[susanbe]

Hoosier Ron,

I have found your posts about biofuels to be very informative and often over my head. I found you through my efforts at researching cellulosic biofuel plants which finally brought me to this forum. My interest in cellulosic plants is inspired by the recent news that our community is going to get an experimental 50 million gallon per year plant in our industrial park on the beautiful Tellico Lake here in Vonore, TN.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for it if it is environmentally safe and makes good economical sense, but not if it is going to use 4 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of ethanol as in a grain plant. Where can I get facts like that on cellulosic plants? DO cellulosic plants emit a foul odor? DO cellulosic plants have polluted water as dangerous and as difficult to handle as that of a grain plant? What are the emissions into the air? Into the water? Into the soil?

Can you tell me where to get the answers? It seems there is little information since there are less than six operating in the US.

Sorry to use the forum for this kind of question, but time is ticking away. Thanks so much. susanbe