Meanwhile underneath the conveyor belt that carries the coal a mile or two from the port where the barges unload to the power plant, runs a 42" compressed natural gas pipeline.
So instead of using low cost, clean burning natural gas produced inside our state, we're forced to burn expensive coal, contaminating our lakes with mercury (you can only safely eat a small amount locally caught fish monthly), and haze in the atmosphere that settles out onto our vehicles.
Btw, to get the coal here required the river to be made navigable, which cost you and the American taxpayers 3+ billion dollars just for the construction of the lock and dam systems. That initial cost doesn't include annual maintenance, dredging or operational costs.
Thank you Jimmy Dumb@ss Carter...