4 Minutes with… Douglas O. Cochran, Manager, Rail Projects Creative Rail Solutions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Creative Rail Solutions, LLC helps clients who want to secure the efficiency, economy, and environmental friendliness of rail transportation. ... My primary role is to meet with the prospect or client, observe the site conditions, develop sketches of possible track alignments, guide the client through the design process, communicate effectively with the industrial development and engineering departments of the serving railroad, develop custom specifications appropriate for the type of rail traffic anticipated for the facility, and observe the contractor’s work periodically to help insure that tracks will serve as intended.

In the next five years, I think the industry must build on the success of E15 and continue to make measureable progress toward blending percentages of 25-30%. I think it would be great if in the next five years, the public begins to demand that custom blending pumps become an essential element in the “industry standard” for all new “C” stores?

I would eliminate disinformation about biofuels disseminated by some in the media and by some politicians. Unfortunately, despite the great efforts now underway, many people in America still believe that ethanol harms engines, promotes increases in food prices, and reduces the availability of food in other parts of the world. READ MORE