In 2009, approximately 30 railroad cars per day were shipping oil or ethanol across the United States, but that figure has grown substantially over the last few years, according to Senator Chuck Schumer. Approximately 200 to 300 of the cars pass through Rochester on the CSX freight line each day, Schumer said today during a press […]
Ethanol
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Pataki’s corny plan
Is yellow the new green? Governor George Pataki thinks so. The gov came to Western New York last week to tout a plan to build a new ethanol plant in the town of Shelby in rural Orleans County, near the village of Medina. The plant will make the alcohol-based fuel from corn and be the […]
