Comments on: What Does Pennsylvania Know About Clean Coal That No One Else Does? http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/ A Scrapbook of the Green World Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: StanUlam http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-44860 StanUlam Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:19:44 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-44860 Another important consideration to consider when talking about so-called "clean coal" technologies is the difficult question of "carbon capture and sequestration" and how it might work See link here: http://www.paenergytrail.blogspot.com/ Another important consideration to consider when talking about so-called “clean coal” technologies is the difficult question of “carbon capture and sequestration” and how it might work See link here:

http://www.paenergytrail.blogspot.com/

]]> By: StanUlam http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-70572 StanUlam Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:19:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-70572 Another important consideration to consider when talking about so-called "clean coal" technologies is the difficult question of "carbon capture and sequestration" and how it might work See link here: http://www.paenergytrail.blogspot.com/ Another important consideration to consider when talking about so-called “clean coal” technologies is the difficult question of “carbon capture and sequestration” and how it might work See link here:

http://www.paenergytrail.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Duane Wetick http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-44475 Duane Wetick Fri, 29 May 2009 15:56:40 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-44475 We all know why the world switched fron coal to oil for heat and power. Coal is bulky, in-efficient, hard to get, has enormous infrastructure costs. Burning it may alter our climate by dangerous emissions. These emissions may also contribute to acid rain which kills plant life and fish. Walk around any coal fired plant and you will see the "fines" that cover everything in the vicinity and get in your eyes and nose. Even the plant operators keep their calculators in plastic bags as that soot clogs up the keyboards. Deep and strip mining coal destroys the landscape, pollutes creeks and rivers with mine acid drainage. Take a trip thru northern Pennsylvania and look at the miles of waterways that support no life what-so-ever due to this acid. Deep mine subsidence has wrecked houses and streets as the old caverns cave in, and there's always trouble with the miners. The massive fly ash ponds from burning coal in Tennessee were in the news recently when the retention dams burst open. Even a small coal burning plant requires several 120 car trains rumbling thru your town daily. No matter what anybody tells you, there is no such thing as clean coal. Son of a deceased black lung coal miner. We all know why the world switched fron coal to oil for heat and power. Coal is bulky, in-efficient, hard to get, has enormous infrastructure costs. Burning it may alter our climate by dangerous emissions. These emissions may also contribute to acid rain which kills plant life and fish. Walk around any coal fired plant and you will see the “fines” that cover everything in the vicinity and get in your eyes and nose. Even the plant operators keep their calculators in plastic bags as that soot clogs up the keyboards. Deep and strip mining coal destroys the landscape, pollutes creeks and rivers with mine acid drainage. Take a trip thru northern Pennsylvania and look at the miles of waterways that support no life what-so-ever due to this acid. Deep mine subsidence has wrecked houses and streets as the old caverns cave in, and there’s always trouble with the miners. The massive fly ash ponds from burning coal in Tennessee were in the news recently when the retention dams burst open. Even a small coal burning plant requires several 120 car trains rumbling thru your town daily. No matter what anybody tells you, there is no such thing as clean coal.

Son of a deceased black lung coal miner.

]]> By: Duane Wetick http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-70571 Duane Wetick Fri, 29 May 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-70571 We all know why the world switched fron coal to oil for heat and power. Coal is bulky, in-efficient, hard to get, has enormous infrastructure costs. Burning it may alter our climate by dangerous emissions. These emissions may also contribute to acid rain which kills plant life and fish. Walk around any coal fired plant and you will see the "fines" that cover everything in the vicinity and get in your eyes and nose. Even the plant operators keep their calculators in plastic bags as that soot clogs up the keyboards. Deep and strip mining coal destroys the landscape, pollutes creeks and rivers with mine acid drainage. Take a trip thru northern Pennsylvania and look at the miles of waterways that support no life what-so-ever due to this acid. Deep mine subsidence has wrecked houses and streets as the old caverns cave in, and there's always trouble with the miners. The massive fly ash ponds from burning coal in Tennessee were in the news recently when the retention dams burst open. Even a small coal burning plant requires several 120 car trains rumbling thru your town daily. No matter what anybody tells you, there is no such thing as clean coal. Son of a deceased black lung coal miner. We all know why the world switched fron coal to oil for heat and power. Coal is bulky, in-efficient, hard to get, has enormous infrastructure costs. Burning it may alter our climate by dangerous emissions. These emissions may also contribute to acid rain which kills plant life and fish. Walk around any coal fired plant and you will see the “fines” that cover everything in the vicinity and get in your eyes and nose. Even the plant operators keep their calculators in plastic bags as that soot clogs up the keyboards. Deep and strip mining coal destroys the landscape, pollutes creeks and rivers with mine acid drainage. Take a trip thru northern Pennsylvania and look at the miles of waterways that support no life what-so-ever due to this acid. Deep mine subsidence has wrecked houses and streets as the old caverns cave in, and there’s always trouble with the miners. The massive fly ash ponds from burning coal in Tennessee were in the news recently when the retention dams burst open. Even a small coal burning plant requires several 120 car trains rumbling thru your town daily. No matter what anybody tells you, there is no such thing as clean coal.

Son of a deceased black lung coal miner.

]]> By: lavender http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-9548 lavender Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:58:42 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-9548 heres the real story; i've been working around coal,culm,silt,slate,and every concievvable mix thereof for 30 years, and unfortunately, co-gen is here and it does produce most of the electricity in our area,and yes it does have an envronmental impact. but until we use up all the coal refuse banks and silt dams, which will not happpen in any of our life-times, we will continue to co-generate and pollute. and in the mean time we need to use wind, solar,and hydro and yes even the dreaded nuke power resourses to their full extent, and maybe some day soon, i'm hopefull in my life time, we will be non dependent on foreign oil and on the way to phaseing out fossil fuels. and one more thing, to commenter SHEA, If you want the real story dig this, my parents are 93 and 88 and they lived near the co-gen plant in mcadoo pa. they and several others, well in their 80's, lived in that area long before, and ever since that plant has been in operation. and they've never been sickend from the rare cancer. However it has been my observation that most of the people that have suffered or died of this cancer were not born or raised here, they moved here from the town of tamaqua! This was a burb/farm area. so think on that one for a while, then E-mail me? Lavender heres the real story; i’ve been working around coal,culm,silt,slate,and every concievvable mix thereof for 30 years, and unfortunately, co-gen is here and it does produce most of the electricity in our area,and yes it does have an envronmental impact. but until we use up all the coal refuse banks and silt dams, which will not happpen in any of our life-times, we will continue to co-generate and pollute. and in the mean time we need to use wind, solar,and hydro and yes even the dreaded nuke power resourses to their full extent, and maybe some day soon, i’m hopefull in my life time, we will be non dependent on foreign oil and on the way to phaseing out fossil fuels. and one more thing, to commenter SHEA, If you want the real story dig this, my parents are 93 and 88 and they lived near the co-gen plant in mcadoo pa. they and several others, well in their 80′s, lived in that area long before, and ever since that plant has been in operation. and they’ve never been sickend from the rare cancer. However it has been my observation that most of the people that have suffered or died of this cancer were not born or raised here, they moved here from the town of tamaqua! This was a burb/farm area. so think on that one for a while, then E-mail me? Lavender

]]> By: lavender http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-70570 lavender Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:58:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-70570 heres the real story; i've been working around coal,culm,silt,slate,and every concievvable mix thereof for 30 years, and unfortunately, co-gen is here and it does produce most of the electricity in our area,and yes it does have an envronmental impact. but until we use up all the coal refuse banks and silt dams, which will not happpen in any of our life-times, we will continue to co-generate and pollute. and in the mean time we need to use wind, solar,and hydro and yes even the dreaded nuke power resourses to their full extent, and maybe some day soon, i'm hopefull in my life time, we will be non dependent on foreign oil and on the way to phaseing out fossil fuels. and one more thing, to commenter SHEA, If you want the real story dig this, my parents are 93 and 88 and they lived near the co-gen plant in mcadoo pa. they and several others, well in their 80's, lived in that area long before, and ever since that plant has been in operation. and they've never been sickend from the rare cancer. However it has been my observation that most of the people that have suffered or died of this cancer were not born or raised here, they moved here from the town of tamaqua! This was a burb/farm area. so think on that one for a while, then E-mail me? Lavender heres the real story; i’ve been working around coal,culm,silt,slate,and every concievvable mix thereof for 30 years, and unfortunately, co-gen is here and it does produce most of the electricity in our area,and yes it does have an envronmental impact. but until we use up all the coal refuse banks and silt dams, which will not happpen in any of our life-times, we will continue to co-generate and pollute. and in the mean time we need to use wind, solar,and hydro and yes even the dreaded nuke power resourses to their full extent, and maybe some day soon, i’m hopefull in my life time, we will be non dependent on foreign oil and on the way to phaseing out fossil fuels. and one more thing, to commenter SHEA, If you want the real story dig this, my parents are 93 and 88 and they lived near the co-gen plant in mcadoo pa. they and several others, well in their 80′s, lived in that area long before, and ever since that plant has been in operation. and they’ve never been sickend from the rare cancer. However it has been my observation that most of the people that have suffered or died of this cancer were not born or raised here, they moved here from the town of tamaqua! This was a burb/farm area. so think on that one for a while, then E-mail me? Lavender

]]> By: web design company http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 web design company Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:44:48 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-7448 One of two such billboards I saw in Pennsylvania. How do they get away with this sh*t? One of two such billboards I saw in Pennsylvania. How do they get away with this sh*t?

]]> By: web design company http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-70569 web design company Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:44:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-70569 One of two such billboards I saw in Pennsylvania. How do they get away with this sh*t? One of two such billboards I saw in Pennsylvania. How do they get away with this sh*t?

]]> By: Terri http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-7399 Terri Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:51:25 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-7399 I grew up surrounded by strip mines in Northeast PA. The area is just starting to recover from all the damage caused by mining that ended 50 years ago: environmental destruction, Black Lung, etc. To me, "Clean coal" sounds like a bad joke thought up by marketing people. I'd much rather see PA invest in wind power. I grew up surrounded by strip mines in Northeast PA. The area is just starting to recover from all the damage caused by mining that ended 50 years ago: environmental destruction, Black Lung, etc. To me, “Clean coal” sounds like a bad joke thought up by marketing people. I’d much rather see PA invest in wind power.

]]> By: Terri http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/28/what-does-pennsylvania-know-about-clean-coal-that-no-one-else-does/comment-page-1/#comment-70568 Terri Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=904#comment-70568 I grew up surrounded by strip mines in Northeast PA. The area is just starting to recover from all the damage caused by mining that ended 50 years ago: environmental destruction, Black Lung, etc. To me, "Clean coal" sounds like a bad joke thought up by marketing people. I'd much rather see PA invest in wind power. I grew up surrounded by strip mines in Northeast PA. The area is just starting to recover from all the damage caused by mining that ended 50 years ago: environmental destruction, Black Lung, etc. To me, “Clean coal” sounds like a bad joke thought up by marketing people. I’d much rather see PA invest in wind power.

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