Posted 1/19/2019 16:01 (#7256571 - in reply to #7255253) Subject: RE: It's 1980
Nevada, Iowa
I have to say first that I tend to focus on my little corner of the world too much but I was surprised to read your comment about Dupont's commitment to butanol. Locally, Dupont and butanol are somewhat of a sad joke. They have abandoned the local stover plant and it has since been sold to a foreign group who intend to make natural gas from stover and not butanol. I don't believe the plant ever produced a gallon of product. Part of this project was funded by Iowa gov't. dollars seeking alternative energy development. We seem to have been left with rotting piles of bales that are slowly being cleaned up but to me are nothing but an eyesore and a fire hazard.
I don't mean to direct my comments to you as a complaint or a bashing and there is obviously much more involved that what I see here locally but I am pretty discouraged with Dupont (DowDupont, I guess) at this point.