What percentage of ethanol plants partner with another company to make use of their CO2?
About 60 percent. Our partner, Continental Carbonics, is from Decatur, Illinois. Their plant next to ours is a subsidiary, Dixie Carbonics. The number of ethanol plants under construction nationwide is exponentially increasing. Yet only a handful of colleges train people to run them. Minnesota State University and South Central College were quick to jump on the bandwagon when wireless telephony began taking off. Why couldn’t they do the same with the energy of the future, ethanol? There are only three community colleges involved in training: One in North Dakota, another in Iowa, and a third in Granite Falls, Minn. The last school is the school of choice right now because their program is set up specifically for ethanol production. With the new energy bill, you will see a lot more ethanol plants being built. There will definitely be a need for these types of college programs. Every graduate coming out of these schools right now is guaranteed a job. You will see more and more of these pr