Most of the 224 dairy farmers in Chino have bought backup generators to operate their pumps in case of a blackout, officials say. We ought to take advantage of digesters so we could have some alternative so we can stop having these energy producers bringing us to our knees. The Chino ground water basin is highly polluted, thanks to the region's long history of citrus and dairy farming, both of which have seeped toxins into the ground. Furthermore, a digester could help keep the milking industry in the Chino basin. Although nobody disputes the virtues of anaerobic digesters, they will not solve all of the dairy industry's environmental difficulties, said Luke Cole, director of the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment in San Francisco, which is suing to stop several proposed dairies in the Central Valley.
Dairymen are taxpayers, too.
We have as much right to assistance as anyone else. It is also uncertain if there is enough government money to go around.