I was talking with a sales representative from one of the companies that sells this gasification technology last year. Of course ... you have to consider the source but he was saying that they could handle the EPA approvals and have small plant built at a modest cost. I explained the different reasons for why it didn't make sense at the local level. You need the economy of scale. Instead of serving a few municipalities ... they needed the feedstock from a hundred or more.

It was weird because about six months later ... that's pretty much what someone did. We signed contracts with the new facility last month.

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. We expect that there will be a few problems to iron out along the way but it might pan out. It would be a blessing if it did. Our landfills are projected to fill up and reach end of life in another five years.