[Matman]

There are people trying to shutdown the coal industry, because they claim coal mining is destroying our water supply, while others are trying to bring out of state trash into our region for landfill's or to use for biomass production. It seems to me that these landfills would create more water problems.

The trash is not being brought here for biomass plants. The trash is already here. It what we produce and what some politicians have taken in. The biomass plants are something to get rid of our own trash. It does not go to landfills either.
I agree that it is better for an industry to be successful without government intervention. However i bring this up to ask the question of how we can take advantage of these types of programs to improve our economy. The biomass plant i was speaking of has not accepted any federal or state money.