These extended delays are especially costly for an industry where even idle equipment costs thousands of dollars per day to maintain.

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However, with high unemployment and idle plant and equipment, no one can reasonably argue that these dangers are imminent.

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Until the change, IEC's expensive equipment sat idle most of the weekend.

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The equipment is expensive and is inevitably idle most of the year because it has to process a crop quickly, since sorghum, whose stem juice is anywhere from 12% to 20% sugar, spoils quickly.

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