I watched some of Gov. Rick Perry's time with the Senate panel today, which will be voting him in as our new head of the DOE. He seems to be very fair-minded, and favorably inclined toward alternative energy.
I expect Arnie Klann will contact the DOE, once the new leaders including Perry are settled in, and explain the background of Bluefire and the reneging by the DOE on a previous agreement to grant a certain amount of funding. Once Perry sees that Bluefire has a different type of cellulosic process from those now getting into commercial production( and struggling economically), I think he will continue with that grant. The remaining grant amount should be enough to complete their Fulton plant financing, assuming the EXIM Bank of China is still good for financing the other 90%.
A good reason to do this, is to be able to compare the commercial economics of Bluefire's acid hydrolysis process with others that use enzymes to extract sucrose from the cellulosic materials, and to help with planning future growth of the production of cellulosic ethanol.
It would be a real breakthrough, if then the Bluefire Arkenol process is proven better economically, as this could lead to the Bluefire process becoming the preferred process for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
