[rellimpank]

--thanks. That confirmed my suspicion. I have a long time friend in Wisconsin who sold light industrial machinery for years. He was visiting an ethanol plant and casually stated that "you must use a lot of this in the manufacturing process"---The reply was on the order of "oh, no--this stuff is too expensive"---

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Interestingly, some cheese plants also make ethanol as a by-product. At one Kraft plant in Minnesota, about three truckloads of 200 proof alcohol is produced everyday. Because of the cleanliness of the plant and purity of the product, Kraft's management wanted to introduce their alcohol into various consumer products like mouthwash and aftershave. Trouble was, the ethanol contained an overwhelming spearmint taste and smell, so the cheese alcohol continues to be used as a gasoline oxygenate.