The vast majority of ethanol is produced in five states--Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota and South Dakota--all roughly 1, 500 miles away from the approximately 80% of the population who live on the coasts.

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The facility sprawls across approximately 600 square miles of south-central Washington, an area roughly half the size of Rhode Island.

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Historically, it has taken approximately 12 to 20 months for unemployment to fall in an expansion to roughly pre-recession levels.

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