We have a landfill about twenty miles east of town that accepts municipal waste from NJ and PA, mostly solids left over from water treatment plants if you know what I mean. They harvest the "fragrance" and send it to a VERY efficient coal-burning power plant that is owned by GE down the road as a supplemental fuel source. The power plant generates electricity, then uses their excess steam to heat a greenhouse the size of 13 football fields that produces millions of pounds of produce year-round.
The plant's emissions are completely scrubbed down to solid particulates that are used to manufacture asphalt and running tracks. The coal is delivered directly into the facility by rail from Western areas of VA, West Virginia and Kentucky with no trucking required.
All of this happens within about a two-mile radius in King George County, VA. Talk about efficiency. I know this because these facilities are my customers.
Sounds like something we could do here in Bucks County with all the garbage NJ and NY give us! And all the coal in this state. If only we had a lot more space...
I don't see any solar or wind generation being big here-
Like I said, we're getting solar and Peco gets some wind power from Somerset County. Heck, Tullytown's going to go under when that whole-town-supporting landfill closes, maybe they can plant some windmills on it to lessen the blow. Only problem would be the foundations I think.
but I know people from NC to PA using geothermal heat pumps who are paying a fraction of what fossil fuel customers are paying for heating/cooling.
I know my English and shop teachers (who live in larger Levittown houses pay less than we do w/ their heat pumps, than we do with this smaller house and oil! And that's with the pellet stove downstairs factored in.
I'm a nuclear fan myself, but we know how quickly that subject can sway.
I'm with you there, but let's not get into that now.
Ian (Leaky houses) A.
My electric bills are going to jump about $50/month, now! 
