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You're going to need to source that... Using a diesel powered semi truck to tote tons of corn 1000's of miles to a refinery does not make any kind of sense (in
by esaym 8y ago
You're going to need to source that... Using a diesel powered semi truck to tote tons of corn 1000's of miles to a refinery does not make any kind of sense (in the name of efficiency), especially when the alternative (oil) can be put into a pipe line and pumped for next to nothing.
- bluGill 8y agohttps://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/2015EnergyBalanceCornEthanol.pdf https://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/2015EnergyBalanceCor... Corn is generally not transported 1000s of miles. Most ethanol plants source their corn locally. Corn transported long distances is done, but generally not for ethanol plants which are located in small rural towns with a lot of corn farmers around. Even in the case of a local crop failure there is still a lot of corn locally so most of the corn will still be local Even when corn is transported 1000s of miles (generally for feed purposes, though as above, sometimes there isn't local corn) it is generally transported by train not truck which is much more efficient.