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Money Troubles Stall Green Town Project
By Mr Ethanol | March 27, 2008
Auburn Citizen:
This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA.
E85 fuel is available at the BP Station in Reynolds, Ind. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA. Since then, money problems, leadership changes and other obstacles 
have sparked skepticism that Reynolds will ever succeed at moving the state, much less the nation, toward homegrown energy and away from foreign oil.
Its goal: to become the first U.S. community to meet all electricity and gas needs through renewable energy by using everything from farm waste to sewage.
Industry and government officials led the early charge. BP installed a gas pump offering an ethanol fuel blend, and South Dakota-based VeraSun Energy Corp. started building an ethanol production plant near town.
Former U.S. agriculture secretary Mike Johanns stopped by in support, as did the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Visitors also included a group of Chilean corn farmers who were touring the Midwest and interested in learning more about biofuels.
But the visitors are long gone, and many say the excitement is too. Money problems, leadership changes and other obstacles have sparked skepticism that Reynolds will ever succeed at moving the state, much less the nation, toward homegrown energy and away from foreign oil. Read more.
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