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Texas company to build 3 biofuel plants in Mississippi

Herald Democrat -- Texas-based KiOR, a company with plans to produce a crude oil substitute from wood chips and other biomass, will locate its first three facilities in Mississippi.

Gov. Haley Barbour and KiOR CEO Fred Cannon announced details of the venture Thursday, a day before lawmakers were set to return to the Capitol to approve incentives for the company.

Cannon said KiOR will become the first ever to use the catalytic conversion technology to produce the biofuel and sell it commercially. The process allows biomass, such as wood products and agricultural waste, to be converted to a high-quality renewable crude oil that can be used by refineries and to power vehicles, Cannon said.

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Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:43,428 Points:1,716,005 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Aug 29, 2010 4:31:38 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse MAC48 wrote: >Martinman said -- >>"Yet another example of Republicans "giving away the >>store", apparently Barbour hasn't learned any lessons >>from the failed $250+ million giving away to Toyota >>under his watch, that sits as an idle shell, in north >>Mississippi..." Toyota has been pulling the "idle shell" out of mothballs for a while now. They're intending to go to production in 2011, and we're already two-thirds of the way to 2011. >I suspect that Barbour's efforts on behalf of Mississippi >will bear a much higher percent of success than anything >that has emerged from the US Congress over the last two >to three years. State governments generally have their act together much more than Washington. It's not limited to Mississippi. >Given a choice of trusting Barbour versus the US Congress, >I would take Barbour 99% of the time. I'm from Missouri and seem to spend more and more time there post-retirement. I'd take Jay Nixon (no known relationship to Richard Nixon) 99% of the time.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:43,428 Points:1,716,005 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Aug 29, 2010 4:20:23 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Martinman wrote: >Yet another example of Republicans "giving away the store", >apparently Barbour hasn't learned any lessons from the >failed $250+ million giving away to Toyota under his >watch, that sits as an idle shell, in north Mississippi... Well, guess what? Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi has resumed the process of bringing their idle shell to full production. They're diametrically opposite from Government Motors, who have this certain knack about ramping plants from full production to idle shell. Announcement from the State of Mississippi
LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:9,160 Points:1,201,160 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Aug 29, 2010 3:47:22 PM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse I'm glad they're doing this, they need the jobs, we should be doing more of it, doesn't really need subsidies; maybe grants and loans would speed things up a bit though.
MAC48 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:728 Points:499,925 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Aug 28, 2010 9:38:52 AM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse Martinman said -- "Yet another example of Republicans "giving away the store", apparently Barbour hasn't learned any lessons from the failed $250+ million giving away to Toyota under his watch, that sits as an idle shell, in north Mississippi..." I suspect that Barbour's efforts on behalf of Mississippi will bear a much higher percent of success than anything that has emerged from the US Congress over the last two to three years. Given a choice of trusting Barbour versus the US Congress, I would take Barbour 99% of the time. Glad to see this type of technology going into full scale commercial production.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:4,726 Points:984,350 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Aug 28, 2010 8:54:19 AM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse It's good to read about more efforts for alternatives to gas, especially renewable sources.
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:11,856 Points:1,662,420 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 28, 2010 7:18:48 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse "... to approve incentives for the company...." . Yet another example of Republicans "giving away the store", apparently Barbour hasn't learned any lessons from the failed $250+ million giving away to Toyota under his watch, that sits as an idle shell, in north Mississippi... [Edited by: Martinman at 8/28/2010 8:19:23 AM EST]
CiVX Champion Author Oakland Posts:5,728 Points:1,016,725 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 6:55:02 PM Ignore CiVX Report Abuse Lots of sugar cane waste begas piling up to.
CatMan623 Champion Author Houston Posts:12,497 Points:1,886,630 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 1:37:05 PM Ignore CatMan623 Report Abuse I know Fred. They're doing good work.
afghaned Champion Author Hamilton Posts:8,534 Points:825,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 12:37:53 PM Ignore afghaned Report Abuse Every little bit brings us closer to self sufficiency!!!!
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 12:10:47 PM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Good news.
PhilMils Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,879 Points:952,685 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 11:46:23 AM Ignore PhilMils Report Abuse The manager for my tree farm tells me of others slated to be built in Alabama.