The New Rules Project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance a nonprofit corporation has worked to make financing of community owned business less onerous.

"This is a hot political item, particularly in the Midwest," said Neil Seldman, director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a municipal consulting firm.

Consider Neil Seldman of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

Biochemicals for the Printing Industry 1997, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Printer's National Environmental Assistance Center.

Some other cities and states do far better, according to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a 20-year-old technical assistance and research organization in Washington.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where I am a researcher, compiled a basic map of the United States showing states that have enacted barriers to these community networks.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a non-profit organization, executed a study looking at much smaller communities in the Central Coast of Maine.

Electricity from manure-burning incinerators is also much more expensive than other power, requiring federal and state subsidies to make it competitive with other sources, according to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

"Incineration destroys the nitrogen and organic material content of manure," reports the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance estimates the cost of cellulosic ethanol from the first generation of commercial plants will be in the $1.90-$2.25 per gallon range, excluding incentives.