Report: Wind power could fuel $75M impact in Mo. - Business First of Columbus:

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The report, released by the , says Missourians spendd more than $18 billion a year on naturap gasfor heating, fuel for cars and and electricity to power homes and That comes to $3,000 in energhy costs for each persojn in Missouri, and most of those dollars leaves the state because 84 percent of Missouri’as electricity is generated using coal, almost all of which is shipped in from Wyoming, according to the report.
Wind powee — 25 moderate-scale wind farms woulcd provide thousands ofconstruction jobs, 550 permanent construction $15 million in property tax revenue and $75 milliohn in ongoing positive local economic impact in Biofuels — Cellulosic ethanol, whichj is made from crop waste and nonfooc plants, could create thousands of hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activitgy and $13,000 in annua gross income for the average Missouri corn Solid biomass — Replacing 20 percent of Missouri’sz coal usage with locall y grown biomass would create an estimated 11,000 Biogas — Biogas production from cattld waste would be profitable at more than 200 large-scale livestocik operations in 60 Missourui counties.
“Within Missouri’s borderw are vast resources of land and water all the ingredients neede for Missouri to become a national leadert in newenergy development, creatin tens of thousands of good jobs and substantial new sourcex of income for said Martin Cohen, the energy policyy analyst who authored the The Natural Resources Defense Council is a nationak nonprofit organization of lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protectin public health and the environment.