tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722364998039596438.post1563753628743494649..comments2023-10-26T06:08:57.968-07:00Comments on fluxlife: clean coal: the oxymoron (8)Steve Morozumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604421575007217938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722364998039596438.post-14783448529172259622008-12-19T10:14:00.000-08:002008-12-19T10:14:00.000-08:00@ houstonmacbro: yup. even if they do run "cleaner...@ houstonmacbro: yup. even if they do run "cleaner" coal power plants, there will still be higher mercury counts in our seafood, and we'll still have acid rain, and global warming. not to mention <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal" REL="nofollow">MTR (Mountaintop Removal mining)</A> as an increasingly popular way to harvest coal.<BR/><BR/>people may not know it, but coal is the predominant way that the world produces electricity. and that's one of the big problems about coal - overuse to the point of causing irreversible environmental damage.<BR/><BR/>even if we run "cleaner" coal plants, there's still a ton of emissions of smoke, heat, oxides, and CO2 going off around the world en masse due to coal fired power plants. even without the SO2 (Sulfur Dioxide - one of the compounds causing Acid Rain - and to which the industry has made efforts to curtail), these previously listed items in addtion to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal" REL="nofollow">MTR</A> will still continue to wreak havoc on our environment if coal remains the predominant way that the world generates electricity, "cleaner" or not.Steve Morozumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604421575007217938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722364998039596438.post-37865412790668674342008-12-19T09:17:00.000-08:002008-12-19T09:17:00.000-08:00Seems like we're intent on destroying the planet A...Seems like we're intent on destroying the planet AND ourselves.houstonmacbrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744783297181195853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722364998039596438.post-74915408369292644192008-12-19T07:38:00.000-08:002008-12-19T07:38:00.000-08:00So true! Cleaner is not clean.So true! Cleaner is not clean.houstonmacbrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744783297181195853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722364998039596438.post-87827534662325513872008-12-19T01:49:00.000-08:002008-12-19T01:49:00.000-08:00yes we do! and yes we can!we also need to set an e...yes we do! and yes we can!<BR/><BR/>we also need to set an example that the world can follow.<BR/><BR/>about half of the air pollution from coal fired power plants that causes mercury poisoning in the U.S. comes from us.<BR/><BR/>the other half blows over the ocean to the U.S. from Asia, primarily.Steve Morozumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604421575007217938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722364998039596438.post-18325038660164465102008-12-18T22:31:00.000-08:002008-12-18T22:31:00.000-08:00Thanks for this info. It really puts it all into p...Thanks for this info. It really puts it all into perspective. America needs to find an alternative to coal. RIGHT AWAY. There is no excuse for our nation's neglect of the environment. *SK*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com