We don't live within Granite City and not even close to the area I think they were talking about..but I think if it was considered near us I'd be very leery about it. Sounds like the pros are jobs (but not a huge number of them) and adding to the tax base. The cons are major and and seem to be things that would not get better over time.

The huge draw on water and electricity as well as pollution don't seem to outweigh the benefits. I wonder if solar and/or wind power would make any kind of significant difference in the power needs.

There's a lot I don't know about it.