[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Most businesses aren't in the black for years, yet they are commercial enterprises.

The Butterball plant does not have to pay for transport, storage and processing of 200 tons of turkey waste a day now, they simply transport it across their property and turn it into oil, fertilizer, minerals and water.

How much do you figure they are saving by not having to deal with the turkey waste the way the EPA would mandate?

The "refinery" will pay for itself soon, so while it is in the red for the time being, it will eventually start turning a profit for the investors.

This plant will not only make them money by supplying saleable items, but it saves them money up front in reducing the costs of transport, storage, and treatment of hazardous materials.

[Techster]

I just wish stock was available for small investors.

Also, the cost of such a facility is probably competitive with a sewage treatment plant. Something for a city to consider if they don't already have one and are thinking about building.

[Boot Hill]

"The Butterball plant does not have to pay for transport, storage and processing of 200 tons of turkey waste a day now..."

So, it's your understanding of economics and the market place that, if Butterball had to pay (say) $100 per ton to dispose of their waste prior to the CWT-Carthage plant, that the CWT plant would charge Butterball $0 per ton to dispose of it now?

--Boot Hill

[snopercod]

How much do you figure they are saving by not having to deal with the turkey waste the way the EPA would mandate?

Bingo! The intent of this technology is not to produce significant amounts of oil, it's a politically-correct means to dispose of offal and feces.

For some reason I am reminded of AlGore's involvement in the Molten Metal waste disposal scam. Molten Metal executives say technology, not politics, led to grants