WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Jump Start cut the ribbon Thursday on a new blending facility in Butler County.
The biofuel facility in Potwin converts soybean oil into biodiesel and biogas. The group behind the facility said it will serve as the region’s fuel distribution terminal, filling anywhere from 25 to 100 loads daily.
Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas said it will create yet another market for Kansas farmers.
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“I think it’s important to all America,” he said. “Like I said, starting off at the consumer level, it’s going to be a cheaper fuel, it’s going to be less pollution, there’s less tailpipe emission from the biofuels, from the ethanol products as well. But it’s especially important to the Kansas farmer.”…