Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares

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?

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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

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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?

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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.

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