How much is gasoline in your area?

[emeryjre]

gas is $3.29 and diesel $4.49 in town by me NW Iowa. Just some info on Ethanol. One bushel of corn produces 2.9 gallons of ethanol, 18 lbs of high protein distillers grain for livestock, 17 lbs of CO2 for beverage dispensers and 1 1/2 lbs of corn oil. The by products $1.35 High protein Distillers Grain, 1 dollar a pound to fill CO2 tank for pop tank dispensers by the way will fill 500 glasses of soda or $17, $2 dollars of corn oil and $5.51 for ethanol = $25.86 income per bu. I have not found out what the O&M is for an Ethanol plant yet so I can't give you the net value. If someone out there could do the research for the cost per Kw on solar that would be great. On the comment above that says they charge their car for free at home where do you get one and have someone install it for you? I believe there is value in both EV and fossil. I am concerned on the bit coin and other high tech industries using tremendous amounts of Electricity. Go SOLAR, WIND, NUCLEAR, DAMN, COAL and FOSSIL. And someone fix our Infrastructure to supply it. Now everyone go on VACATION!

For Solar Power

Here is a link to a calculator from the National Lab of the Rockies

It is a Government funded research center for Renewable Energy

Solar Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis | Solar Market Research & Analysis | NLR

www.nlr.gov

Not sure what you are looking for regarding ethanol plant, but here is a model for ethanol profits

Ethanol Production Profits in 2025

The U.S. ethanol industry entered 2025 coming off five consecutive years of positive profits. The purpose of this article is to estimate the profitability of the nation’s ethanol production for the 2025 calendar year and assess whether the industry continued its impressive run of profitability.

www.agriculture.com