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Re: When I last did the calculation...
You've apparently never seen the other effects of coal. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is only one of many negative effects on the environment. There's also mercury and sulfur dioxide caused by combustion, not to mention the hundreds of miles of streams destroyed by mountaintop removal mining. In addition to that, strip mining, the preferred method ...
Posted to The Green Lantern by Sam in KY on October 9, 2008
"Clean" coal
I grew up in the eastern Kentucky coalfields, and believe me when I say there is no such thing as clean coal. The mining process has destroyed hundreds of miles of streams, and the the number of acres of flat, stripped mountaintops is now equal to the area of all Kentucky cities combined. Our roadsides and homes are gray with the dust from ...
Posted to The Green Lantern by Sam in KY on October 9, 2008
Massive Groundwater Mercury Cleanup
Is it five years from now when the first big wave of long-lasting CFL bulbs will hit American garbage cans? I understand that it's more mercury in the air today to generate electricity for incandescents than is used in the CFL bulbs today. But our children or grandchildren will curse us and pay billions to clean-up the groundwater polluted by ...
Posted to The Green Lantern by ScheduleC on February 13, 2008