Thursday, May 29, 2008
Has our ever-alert JDA even heard of "cellulosic ethanol?"
Let's face it: Post Durango, we've got way more acres of surplus cultivated pine forests than speculators will ever snap up, much less actually develop -especially post impact fees. Why not pursue a cellulosic ethanol plant?
http://savannahnow.com/node/506978
http://www.rangefuels.com/home
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Because no one wants it here! Thats called industry, and nobody wants that in Camden County again. It might smell bad like the ole mill did. Hell, it might even provide a couple of hundred jobs with decent pay and that would make the Express Scripts project look bad. As a wise man told me a couple of years back, Camden County will soon become a "gated" community.
Well said.
we need to promote this! this stuff works. we could feasibly wipe out importing foreign oil if the bureaucrats will get on board with it. of course, someone will lose a buck so they won't allow it to happen. imagine, higher octane rating and cleaner air for less money. check out the web site. you can follow it to sign up for the coalition. check out the prices in the midwest. some of them are lower by $1.50 a gallon.
When Durango was in bankruptcy, not one elected official spoke in favor of restarting or having another business locate on the property to provide income, jobs, taxes, etc. All St. Marys and Camden county is about is REAL ESTATE!!!!!!!!!! Real estate provides few jobs, nothing long term, and is short lived. However those needing the jobs, are still here paying good money (in taxes) so that we can provide an infrastructure for the well-to-do to come here and enjoy the comforts of retirement.
You know, with all of the "excess" pines that were originally planted to feed Gilman / Durango; our proximity to I-95 and I-10; and a gaggle of former Gilman'Durango employees witht the rigth skill sets or easily trainable to them, Camden is a natural fit.
Before I lost my train of thought on Durango closing. I was going to say that an ethonal plant represenative came to look at the mill site with the bankruptcy trustee. The trustee was very vague in answering questions and was somewhat rude in that he did not really give them the time of day. The trustee's palms were being greased to seek only "developers" to actually acquire the water front property. And guess what, they (the developers and real estate agents) won. And I hope the property sits vacant for the next 60 years. I laugh each time I hear an elected official say we need to seek industry to move into the area. Let's let Teddie Lockheart and company build us some more houses and condos. We could all use a lot more people in the area that are retiring. I am almost there myself now. 2 years to go.
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