Comments on: Exposing the Bi-Partisan Myth of Clean Coal http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Money for Clean Energy Innovators http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-5943 Money for Clean Energy Innovators Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:07:54 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-5943 [...] up on “clean coal” in this article from the Matador archives. var ids = new Array; ids.push(740); Tagged under: alternative energy, [...] [...] up on “clean coal” in this article from the Matador archives. var ids = new Array; ids.push(740); Tagged under: alternative energy, [...]

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]]> By: Forrest_Burns http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2040 Forrest_Burns Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:49:33 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2040 There is only one energy source that we can use that makes sense. There is only one fuel that will not polute our planet. That fuel is hydrogen. All of the technology to use it is available now. The main reason we are not using it is cost. What if it cost twice as much as fossil fuels, what if it cost three times as much. Isn't our planet worth this meager sacrifice? Now the good news we are already paying this much for fossil fuels . If you do the calculations honestly you can easily see that the true cost of using fossil fuels is more than using solar produced hydrogen. One more thing, hydrogen is much safer to use than gasoline. When we burn a gallon of gasoline we produce 20 pounds of global warming carbon dioxide. A gallon equivalent of hydrogen produces pure water.Sela. There is only one energy source that we can use that makes sense. There is only one fuel that will not polute our planet. That fuel is hydrogen. All of the technology to use it is available now. The main reason we are not using it is cost. What if it cost twice as much as fossil fuels, what if it cost three times as much. Isn't our planet worth this meager sacrifice? Now the good news we are already paying this much for fossil fuels . If you do the calculations honestly you can easily see that the true cost of using fossil fuels is more than using solar produced hydrogen. One more thing, hydrogen is much safer to use than gasoline. When we burn a gallon of gasoline we produce 20 pounds of global warming carbon dioxide. A gallon equivalent of hydrogen produces pure water.Sela.

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]]> By: clyde http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2039 clyde Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:15:05 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2039 Im from WV and would much rather be unemployed in a big forest than to have my kids grow up with poisoned streams and wells. Im from WV and would much rather be unemployed in a big forest than to have my kids grow up with poisoned streams and wells.

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]]> By: cassi's brother http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2038 cassi's brother Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:33:49 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2038 Cassi, why not protect the environment, because when the earth is gone, all of us will live happy in Eastern Ky and West Virginia! Cassi, why not protect the environment, because when the earth is gone, all of us will live happy in Eastern Ky and West Virginia!

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]]> By: Cassi http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2037 Cassi Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:04:40 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2037 I'm so tired of people from elsewhere telling those in coal country how to live their lives. I'm from Eastern KY and I've seen the extreme poverty very akin to third world countries. It's sad. Yet everyone proposes to take the ONLY source of industry and income in the region. Without coal these people have nothing. Unless you have a proposition that gives them just as high paying jobs then stop talking about the evils of coal. Eastern KY is beautiful but tragic. To see the poverty even along main roads breaks my heart. If you take coal then you take people's livelihoods. There is no argument to that. Without coal the whole region of Eastern KY and West Virginia is just one big forest. Why do outsiders want to protect the environment by destroying people's lives? I'm so tired of people from elsewhere telling those in coal country how to live their lives. I'm from Eastern KY and I've seen the extreme poverty very akin to third world countries. It's sad. Yet everyone proposes to take the ONLY source of industry and income in the region. Without coal these people have nothing. Unless you have a proposition that gives them just as high paying jobs then stop talking about the evils of coal. Eastern KY is beautiful but tragic. To see the poverty even along main roads breaks my heart. If you take coal then you take people's livelihoods. There is no argument to that. Without coal the whole region of Eastern KY and West Virginia is just one big forest. Why do outsiders want to protect the environment by destroying people's lives?

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]]> By: Chris http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2036 Chris Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:24:46 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2036 Great post. However, when you say: "There’s something egregiously stupid about destroying a multitude of renewable resources – i.e. food, fiber and fuels which can be obtained sustainably from a forest, not to mention the manifold beneficial effects of biodiversity, watershed health..." you mean, "e.g." or, "for example," and not, "i.e." meaning, "that is," as in a reiteration of your point. Cheers. Great post. However, when you say: "There’s something egregiously stupid about destroying a multitude of renewable resources – i.e. food, fiber and fuels which can be obtained sustainably from a forest, not to mention the manifold beneficial effects of biodiversity, watershed health…" you mean, "e.g." or, "for example," and not, "i.e." meaning, "that is," as in a reiteration of your point. Cheers.

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]]> By: scotty http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2035 scotty Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:22:19 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2035 hmmmm if there is a one year backlog on blades, it must be making economic sense somewhere. Why not put all of those out-of-work aerospace people back to work? hmmmm if there is a one year backlog on blades, it must be making economic sense somewhere. Why not put all of those out-of-work aerospace people back to work?

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]]> By: Wilson http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2034 Wilson Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:36:14 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2034 I'm not an expert - but one should consider the amount of electricity and fuel needed to build/implement and construct renewable energy infrastructure before implementing it. I wonder how much of the solar panels in the market are of the cheap kinda that burn up more energy to construct than they return in their lifecycle. Granted solar panel research has done quite well over the years, and we're getting to the point where the amount of energy used to produce a solar panel is returned by the solar panel itself (if it isn't on sale already - but last I've heard it's only been done in the labs - but I'm not up to date with solar stuff). Put more money into research - train people to use less energy. I'm not an expert – but one should consider the amount of electricity and fuel needed to build/implement and construct renewable energy infrastructure before implementing it. I wonder how much of the solar panels in the market are of the cheap kinda that burn up more energy to construct than they return in their lifecycle. Granted solar panel research has done quite well over the years, and we're getting to the point where the amount of energy used to produce a solar panel is returned by the solar panel itself (if it isn't on sale already – but last I've heard it's only been done in the labs – but I'm not up to date with solar stuff). Put more money into research – train people to use less energy.

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]]> By: billybob http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of-clean-coal/comment-page-1#comment-2033 billybob Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:42:08 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=50#comment-2033 "It's dangerous; for example plants are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. " I'm so sick of hearing this type of talk. How often is America hit by terrorists? Really? Still crying about 9/11? Seriously, it seemed way too complicated to be completed by a rag-tag group of terrorists. Who or what motive is still a mystery to many, but it's evidence that the American people should quit allowing themselves to be scared. How scared can a nation get when they're afraid to build buildings because it'll be a terrorist target, talk about a bunch of pansies. "It's dangerous; for example plants are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. " I'm so sick of hearing this type of talk. How often is America hit by terrorists? Really? Still crying about 9/11? Seriously, it seemed way too complicated to be completed by a rag-tag group of terrorists. Who or what motive is still a mystery to many, but it's evidence that the American people should quit allowing themselves to be scared. How scared can a nation get when they're afraid to build buildings because it'll be a terrorist target, talk about a bunch of pansies.

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