How lovely to ship coal, so badly needed at home (right) through my neighborhood to fuel China. Gee, it’s just like the natural gas being shipped through as well, to fuel California, or will that too be chilled, reduced, and shipped overseas? It’s really interesting to watch our “fossil heroes”, pocketing the money, and making us their whores, does “pimps” ring a bell??
About 57% of the power in the USA on average comes from coal. When you flip the light on & it doesn’t work – you may make the connection. With wind & solar not ready for prime time – we are truly screwed if this war on coal continues.
The U.S. gets around 50% of its electricity from coal, China about 80%, and India 70%. That’s three of the largest countries in population highly dependent on coal generated electricity and responsible for about 42% of global emissions. Yet many environmentalists and faux-environmentalists attack the Canadian oilsands for producing “dirty oil”, which are responsible for only 1/10th of 1% of global emissions. But that’s another story. World development of nuclear generated electricity seems unavoidable if the dependence on carbon sources is going to be reduced.
^It’s also about increasing rail capacity, and ports, in Oregon to increase coal exports to China. Wyoming natural gas is now running through a 42" pipe just south of my town, to fuel California, for now.
Utah has voted relentlessly Republican for decades. They are ideologically inflexible with no regard for environmental protection. They will turn their state into a toxic wasteland and frankly they deserve it.
rightswrong, again: Fukijjima was the same design as most of our current reactors, and possible “oops!” Safer designs ARE out there, but “industry” has refused to build new ones, as they wanted the government to pay all their cost. It was NOT “over-regulation”, OR “environmentalists”, it was “private business” unwilling, again, to even slightly make their OWN investment in improving infrastructure. The same problem has led to the decline, or removal, of our rail system in the U.S.. We COULD have had high speed rail, more efficient ground transport of goods, and more jobs, but the railroads are now OIL COMPANIES, living off the fruits of government land grants, not moving people, or freight! Well, except maybe coal to electrical plants, and China.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
How lovely to ship coal, so badly needed at home (right) through my neighborhood to fuel China. Gee, it’s just like the natural gas being shipped through as well, to fuel California, or will that too be chilled, reduced, and shipped overseas? It’s really interesting to watch our “fossil heroes”, pocketing the money, and making us their whores, does “pimps” ring a bell??
avarner over 11 years ago
About 57% of the power in the USA on average comes from coal. When you flip the light on & it doesn’t work – you may make the connection. With wind & solar not ready for prime time – we are truly screwed if this war on coal continues.
Gypsy8 over 11 years ago
The U.S. gets around 50% of its electricity from coal, China about 80%, and India 70%. That’s three of the largest countries in population highly dependent on coal generated electricity and responsible for about 42% of global emissions. Yet many environmentalists and faux-environmentalists attack the Canadian oilsands for producing “dirty oil”, which are responsible for only 1/10th of 1% of global emissions. But that’s another story. World development of nuclear generated electricity seems unavoidable if the dependence on carbon sources is going to be reduced.
Chillbilly over 11 years ago
This comments section brought to you by a few dozen electrical appliances.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
^It’s also about increasing rail capacity, and ports, in Oregon to increase coal exports to China. Wyoming natural gas is now running through a 42" pipe just south of my town, to fuel California, for now.
corzak over 11 years ago
Utah has voted relentlessly Republican for decades. They are ideologically inflexible with no regard for environmental protection. They will turn their state into a toxic wasteland and frankly they deserve it.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Ahab: Murray also had “the ear” of Bush regulators, just like BP, about those changes to the offshore regs in 2007.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
rightswrong, again: Fukijjima was the same design as most of our current reactors, and possible “oops!” Safer designs ARE out there, but “industry” has refused to build new ones, as they wanted the government to pay all their cost. It was NOT “over-regulation”, OR “environmentalists”, it was “private business” unwilling, again, to even slightly make their OWN investment in improving infrastructure. The same problem has led to the decline, or removal, of our rail system in the U.S.. We COULD have had high speed rail, more efficient ground transport of goods, and more jobs, but the railroads are now OIL COMPANIES, living off the fruits of government land grants, not moving people, or freight! Well, except maybe coal to electrical plants, and China.
NoFearPup over 11 years ago
Libs…give up your energy first, THEN you can preach!
Unendingfear over 11 years ago
Ah, industry, what a lovely sight.
TomGn over 11 years ago
What happens to solar power when the coal clouds cover us from china