[Matman]

Yes, I know what biomass is. It is any living or recently dead organism, and used in this context it is anything that can be converted to to a usable fuel - such as biodiesel or alcohol. I realize that corrupt eastern Kentucky politicians have tried to turn the area into a landfill for medical waste and other garbage from the east coast, but I oppose the importation of out-of-state garbage.

Common sense would dictate that a biofuels industry be located closer to the source of fuel, whether that fuel is corn, sawgrass, switchgrass, or restaurant garbage. Eastern Kentucky does not have the population density or long growing season to become a major producer of biofuels - certainly not on the scale to replace the coal mining jobs that Obama is destroying.

This nation has at least 200 to 300 years of coal reserves available in addition to abundant oil shale resources and there is no sane reason for our own federal government to be trying to prevent us from utilizing those resources. The "greening" of America by the left is not about meeting an energy shortfall or producing "clean energy" (remember ethanol does not burn cleaner than gasoline), it is about top-down control of the economy.

Alternative fuels, if they are viable, would naturally replace traditional energy sources as the cost of coal, oil, and gas rise as they become more scarce - without government meddling in the free market.

You do not know much about biomass. Anyone can look it up on the internet and find a definition. Do you realize one of the only biomass plants in the country is right here in eastern ky. It is already here. It uses garbage. The garbage we already produce. The garbage that is already going to landfills. Its here. You can speculate all you want but its already working.