[Matman]

Why do you think eastern Kentucky is a perfect are for biomass production? Does it not stand to reason that this industry will be located where the growing season is the longest and soil the most fertile to produce sawgrass or whatever plant will be used to produce ethanol?

If small scale production of biodiesel is economically feasible at the prison, that is great, but based on your post, it is doubtful that there is enough raw material (fast food grease?) available to support the prison's diesel requirements let alone produce biodiesel for resale.

The wrong reason to locate any industry in a particular region is because the people there need jobs. Yet, the government attempts to lure manufacturers to particular areas to provide jobs for political reasons using tax breaks for an incentive. That kind of backward thinking is why our economy is in such a mess.

People are, or should be somewhat mobile, and they should move to fill available jobs. Alternatively, people can identify areas in which their area enjoys a natural competitive advantage over other regions and create businesses to meet a real economic need.

When people like Barack Obama and his radical accomplices, none of whom really understands capitalism or believes in free markets, interject themselves into the nation's private economy, no good can come of it. Don't believe the propaganda coming out of Washington. The Obama regime is not creating jobs, its policies are destroying them.

I don't think you know what biomass is. You don't have to grow anything for biomass. It takes dead and decaying material and turns it into energy. This area would be great because we already recieve alot of trash from area's such as New Jersey. We also have large amounts of land to put these plants where they wont be close to residents.
Biodeisel is good for the prison but not good enough. Your thinking too narrow. Like i said it hasnt decreased our need for fuel on a large scale. Things such as transports that have to go through the hub in Atlanta isnt yet possible. However replacing the mowers and the small vehicles used to get around the complex with biodeisel is a huge step. For the prison its about getting people trained to make it. The inmates in the camp outside of the USP are used. They usually have short terms and a high turnover.
But the main point of my post isnt to support these two types of energy its to open up discussion about many types of alternative green energy industries.