Comments on: Environmental groups call “clean” coal a fairy tale

By: Green News

Green News — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:20:39 +0000

The real issue we face is what will our “base load” energy source will be. The main issue most green energy sources face is how they will be able to consistently meet peak demand all year round. We do have plenty of potential renewable sources available, what they need is a cost-effective storage medium so store the energy they generate so we can use it when “the wind doesn’t blow” or “the sun doesn’t shine”. Once we figure that out, we will have something viable to replace our coal usage. Right now that is over 50% of our non-liquid fuel consumption in the U.S.

By: P!NG

P!NG — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:14:16 +0000

Politics(P) + Technology(T) + Reality(R) = Epic Failure(eF)

(P) + (T) + (R) = (eF)

But do these groups notice that if there is a current semi-clean coal tech out there that kind of works, that it would be better than leaving the current status quo.

It may be as effective as lighting a candle to warm a freezing room, while we all know that that candle will not make it cozy, it would be better than staring at the candle wishing it was warm.

Now people, lets light the candle and go looking for some firewood.

By: Michael Mandzik

Michael Mandzik — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:41:51 +0000

To develop technology that allows coal-burning power plants to trap and store carbon dioxide needs to address the reality of carbon dioxide’s eternal toxicity without half-life. While the quest is noble, it will need wisdom beyond the politics that have compromised the proposed technology solutions for storing and reprocessing used nuclear fuels.

By: Ron Bengtson

Ron Bengtson — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:47:17 +0000

Clean Vs. Green Energy

To generate clean, nonpolluting energy from fossil fuels, we just have to capture all of the wastes from energy production and then store that waste back underground where fossil fuels come from in the first place. Intuitively, it seems a simple cycle, using the same equipment and facilities which produce, transport, refine and combust fossil fuels, to capture and return the waste from their combustion safely back into the earth. To date, the energy industries, which produce and refine fossil fuels and generate power, have been taught to be fairly conscientious about capturing the most noxious waste fluids and gases and keeping them out of the environment. But these industries still spew billions of tons of other waste gases into the atmosphere every year, and that has got to stop. When it does stop, and it will, we will be generating clean energy.

However, no matter how clean we make this energy, it still won’t be green energy because it is produced from fossil fuels. Green power generated from renewable resources like the sun and the wind are wonderful concepts which must be pursued and implemented on a global scale as quickly as possible, but that will take decades, and green power is not problem-free…

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