Grandfield Oklahoma

the same location, possibly negating the extensive soil rehabilitation necessary under current the ownership.The economic plight of farmers in America is no secret. It is here in Grandfield, "Where the Harvest Begins," that this totally new process shall take root. The Grandfield Biofuel Cooperative, owners of the process, equipment, and associated properties, shall produce biodiesel that is higher in quality in all respects than farm diesel, at a profit, allowing farmers who produce feedstock to recapture the fuel refined for their own use. The savings and potential profits to the farmer shall create liquidity and profitability such as not seen since the early days of of Grandfield Agriculture. The process shall accept any feedstock for the conversion into biofuel with ethanol (for reuse as a solvent in the process) JP-8 and RP-1 (US Department of Defense contracts in lieu of startup financing), and several other compoundds amd liquids in high demand in our society and industry. Simply being able to grow fuel for use on the same farms that require it as a fundamental first level expense, for all practical purposes taking that heavy burden of expense off the overloaded shoulders of our farmers, could mean the difference between solvency and the failures seen on American farms to date. The process for extracting the biofuels from the green feedstock is proprietary and cannot be disclosed here. It will suffice to state unequivocally that all aspects of this process are past prototype stages and are proven, state-of-the-art technologies utilizing for the most part off-the-shelf equipment. Visit the Grandfield Green Power Initiative website for details regarding this fascinating new technology.

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\BIOMASS CONVERSION TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY/

It is the goal and intent of the GGPI in a concerted cooperative effort to provide freee electricity to its Grandfield citizens with residual profits under net-metering law (to visit GGPI References page, click here) for restoring our rapidly declining and otherwise crumbling infrastructure, i.e. roads, utility supply lines, water supplies, sewage and waste water handling and processing, school system environs, as well as educational needs of the community (see GREDA pages on this website) as well as a multitude of other pressing community needs and requirements. As the process of biomass and biofuel feedstock conversion and those related technologies are owned solely by  GGPI, and are to be provided free-of-charge to the farmer's cooperative in exchange for a guarantee of fuel to operate the GGPI electrical co-generation facility, amounting to an estimated maximum of 2.8%, and not to exceed 4%, of the total biofuel output of the new refinery, ad infinitum and in perpetuity.

In exchange for this meager sum, all engineering, facility design and development, facility operation and management, shall be provided free-of-charge to the newly formed Grandfield Biofuel Cooperative who shall  oversee the day-to-day management and ownership of the facility. Contractual obligations encumbered during the development and financing stages of this initiative shall be passed on to the debt of the cooperative. For example, the USDA may back financing not paid by grant opportunities and DSIRE funding efforts, such as USDA - Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Loan Guarantees, USDA - Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance (EA/REDA) Program, Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs), Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs), and USDA - Repowering Assistance Biorefinery Program, (Note: all underlined links allow those interested to simply "click" on that line to discover more) to name a few of the target programs. There is a potential for this entire initiative to have a capital expenditure outlay of less than 40% of actual cost due to the efforts of GGPI. Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery System (MACRS) and many other Sate and Federal rebate systems are in place to dramatically reduce this indenture. This offering by GGPI can disappear just as it arrived if greed takes precedence over right-and-wrong. The great farmers of this part of Oklahoma and teh Big Pasture will not let this happen.

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WHAT THIS ALL MEANS TO CITIZENS AND FARMERS IN THE BIG PASTURE AND GRANDFIELD

Any residents of the City of Grandfield or any member of the Cooperative shall not pay for utilities. The City of Grandfield can purchase property to offer for free to developers and those wishing to move to and to live in the greatest city in this, the United States. Farmers can bring any plant matter to the refinery, literally anything, garbage, and the facility will, based on fair feedstock probe analysis at the scales, record the weight of that portion in percentage that is convertible to biofuel in the account of the farm business, as so defined, to be delivered to that farm entity at a later time and location of their request, or to be liquidated or otherwise sold at any time at that day's current market price ,or stored free of charge until such time as that farm or entity finds it opportune for dispercal in whatever form. Requiured land outlay for fuel production will depend on the feedstock being produced, but indications are that a small percentage of viable cropland will be required, potentially even using lands that would not be suitable for typical crops, such a swheat, cotton, milo, sudan, or alfalfa. Considerable work has been done to show brackish soil and supply water will be purified by planting halophytes that produce considerable biofuel quantities on soils otherwise non-productive.

Some halophytes are being studied for use as "3rd-generation" biofuel precursors. Halophytes such as Salicornia bigelovii can be grown in harsh environments ("Fact Sheet: Alternative Fuels". IATA. December 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2019-01-28.) and typically do not compete with food crops for resources, making them promising sources of biodiesel (Glenn, Edward P.; Brown, J. Jed; O'Leary, James W. (August 1998). "Irrigating Crops with Seawater" (PDF). Scientific American. USA: Scientific American, Inc. (August 1998): 76–81 [79]. Retrieved 2008-11-17.) or bioalcohol.

The amount of freshwater resources are steadily decreasing over long periods of time. This has led to the act of harvesting halophytes in seawater in order not to alter the biomass and seed yield of the plant. This procedure has helped halophytes to be viewed as viable candidates for bio-energy crops (Sharma, Rita; Wungrampha, Silas; Singh, Vinay; Pareek, Ashwani; Sharma, Manoj K. (2016-09-13). "Halophytes As Bioenergy Crops". Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01372. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 5020079. PMID 27679645.). The main factors that make halophytes more viable for biofuel production are the oil made from the seed and the lignocellulosic biomass of the halophyte (Debez, Ahmed; Belghith, Ikram; Friesen, Jan; Montzka, Carsten; Elleuche, Skander (2017-09-01). "Facing the challenge of sustainable bioenergy production: Could halophytes be part of the solution?". Journal of Biological Engineering. 11. doi:10.1186/s13036-017-0069-0. ISSN 1754-1611. PMC 5580303. PMID 28883890).

It must be stated her clearly, these technologies are constantly evolving, each dynamic in its own right. To insist any technology is a panacea would certainly be foolhardy. On the other hand, choosing technological solutions that may not prove to be the better of choices far outweighs the choice to do nothing! All our futures are on the table and every opinion is of value and interest. What are your thoughts? Contact us by email at dwitt@pldi.net and voice your concerns.