Of all the people who would have missed the payoff from leveraging green tech to maximize revenue, you're the last person I would have expected.
Forget about the danger of releasing huge clouds of methane for a moment. This guy went bankrupt, Ma.
Do ya think maybe, just maybe, if he were able to utilize green tech to offset his bills a little, he might still be in business, AND his neighbors wouldn't be worried about
A) EXPLOSIONS!
B) ODOR
C) BATTLES WITH STATE REGULATORS
D) CLEANUP COST RECOVERY
E) GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
just to name a few?
The stuff does stink pretty fierce, the stuff IS flammable in a big way, it does tend to destroy groundwater, and several farmers in the area reported that, in the past they had to rebuild/RELOCATE well facilities thanks to nearby pig farming operations mucking up things, and last but not least, the STATE of Indiana is going to get stuck with the bill to clean this mess up because Goltstein doesn't have the money, and he will most likely walk away.
There isn't single aspect of this issue that shouldn't appeal to your free market sensibilities Ma.
There isn't a political system on the planet that wouldn't value at least two benefits that green technology could have provided.
Clearly, pols like Mike Pence are too ignorant to realize this, but I am sure that the state will be more than happy to bill the taxpayers, and Mr. Pence will be blaming liberals for the high cost of running things while ignoring the financial waste in his own backyard, and the cattle waste that threatens to inundate portions of Randolph County.
