Source: John Phipps, AGWEB, 9/4/20


Tom Ashbacher asks about other markets for ethanol. “Any chance the idle ethanol producers can start making some hand sanitizer-compatible alcohol?” This idea popped up in the ag and general media as ethanol plants began to shut down due to lower demand for fuel ethanol. As usual any industrial switch like this has multiple moving parts. First, the size of the sanitizer market. Hand sanitizers are roughly 70-75% ethyl alcohol, with the balance mostly glycerin.

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