jkyocom, I must have had a brainfart, the four digit counter never even occurred to me... duh!
Bob, I don't have any neighbors full time, just occasional hunters during Deer Season for at least a mile in any direction. I don't remember exactly off the top of my head, but I'm sure we would still need to have a licensed facility for the production from the ATF, whether we went commercial or not. Trimming an acre of our current 25 wouldn't be much at all, and we would do that anyways.
If it looks like it might work out, I'll go commercial. But originally, this started as just a cool idea to have our own gas station and garage. Going commercial is just hypothetically expanding on that idea.
Chadrock, I'd really be interested in what you did with the rest of the corn, that has been on my mind too. Most of the stalk would be mulched into a compost pile, and maybe used in a methane digester. But what about the cob? I've heard they burn pretty good, and you can make pipes from them... but that is all I can come up with.
Jack, I'm certainly going to try and look through your book, but I am by no means a collector of Petroliana. I'm afraid your book my change that, and I don't think I could afford to have this as a hobby
