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Re:Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares by rexreed on Thursday July 14, 2022 @11:35AM (#32097407)
Absolutely agree. Also, how is this firm based in Silicon Valley / San Fran where the customers are primarily in the midwest? If they were serious about this problem, shouldn't they be where their customers or resources are? Building something in isolation and then "shipping" it to where it will be used seems very inefficient and they're clearly missing out on valuable on-the-ground information and experience. This seems more like a university research project than a serious concern?
Re:Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares by pkrein on Thursday July 14, 2022 @11:43AM (#32097520)
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Re:Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares by tclancy on Thursday July 14, 2022 @11:43AM (#32097512)
Wouldn’t the reverse question then be, why hasn’t someone in the Midwest done this already?
Re:Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares by bluGill on Thursday July 14, 2022 @01:50PM (#32099300)
There are other companies working on similar things in the Midwest. It is a complex problem that farmers are very interested in because they see potential dollars.

https://www.bioenergy-news.com/news/frontline-bioenergys-iow... https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2016/12/20/rapid

Re:Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares by sumtechguy on Thursday July 14, 2022 @11:49AM (#32097616)
They may have already used that material for something else?
Re:Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares by seunosewa on Thursday July 14, 2022 @01:01PM (#32098642)
Like animal feed. Or tilling it into the soil to increase organic matter.