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Saw those machines once, sort of kinda like a little bit like the huge Claas forage harvesters. Something to see. I will guess the leaves are higher than average sugar content, and could be collected for processing. 'Here' sugar beets are pretty common not far from me, wonder if they will get on board with fuel processing. Think the waste parts would be difficult to store, and ethanol plants are more efficient if they run 24/7/365. Some of these input crops are pretty seasonal and difficult to store. Makes using them look better on paper than in real life. Hope they get more of this stuff figured out sooner, I'm all for it. Looks like a lot of the corn ethanol plants are looking into combining, using corn cobs or switch grass as well as corn. This allows multiple inputs, instead of relying on just corn. And the mess left from processing corncobs or switchgrass can be burned for heat or electricity. As well some are starting to press the oil out of the corn, and make bio-diesel from the small amount of oil in the corn crop. Every little bit.... Will take time to sort out what works and what doesn't. --->Paul
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