Coal — The new Joe Camel?
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Elligirl
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Coal is, by definition, soot in rock form. It cannot be clean!
- 3 years ago
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Elligirl
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mickdaniels1
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CTL (Coal to liquid) produces a viable alternative to crude oil with much lower Co2 emissions. Coal is indeed a wonderful fuel for the human race
- 3 years ago
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mickdaniels1
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victimofcoal
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mickdaniels1:
Yes this is known as the Fischer-troepsh technology. Every right wing republican in congress wants this to be a reallity. However , this process still produces the ttoxic sludge that was dumped into TN water supply. Furthermore, for every 5 tons of coal you must also burn 15 tons of timber. So not only will we contaminate the water and decapitate the mountains, but we can also clearcut Americas forests. Brilliant idea for change.
- 3 years ago
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victimofcoal
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op_of_faith
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mickdaniels1:
The thing it seems everyone is missing in this debate is that BURNING things in huge quantities leads to problems...
- 3 years ago
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op_of_faith
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Lamastadon
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Dont be fooled by joe coal, we realy need to invest in clean stable energy scources that dont kill our planet and are renewable aswell
- 3 years ago
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Lamastadon
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charfman
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So what are we going to use instead of the thousands of tons of coal being burned every day...
I live in coal country and see the daily train consisting of about 75 or more cars headed for the electric power plants to provide electricity for your computer. And this is only a miniscule part of what's being consumed.
One really good alternative is wind farms but there has been objections to wind farms in this area because they are unsightly and noisey... how absurd
Local county governments are passing ordiances zoning wind farms away from populated areas.
- 3 years ago
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charfman
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timcat_blues
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charfman:
We are are too hilly for sustained wind in coal country.
- 3 years ago
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timcat_blues
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cuenquer
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what the heck? haha theres no such thing as clean coal.
- 3 years ago
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cuenquer
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victimofcoal
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You can start here.
http://www.ilovemountains.org/ - 3 years ago
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victimofcoal
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op_of_faith
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victimofcoal:
Thanks, I did.
- 3 years ago
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op_of_faith
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op_of_faith
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Yeah...I was horrified when Obama stared waving the clean coal flag...I think many people are concerned with the Planet's survival, but the Corporations are concerned with how they are going to monetize our survival...
- 3 years ago
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op_of_faith
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nazbags
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Is anyone stupid enough to believe that? Sadly, I think there are people out there who believe anything an ad tells them ...
- 3 years ago
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nazbags
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MiguelSanchez
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Is anyone stupid enough to believe that?
Anyone who gets their information from a lump of coal wearing sunglasses needs to be removed from society for their own good.
- 3 years ago
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MiguelSanchez
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timcat_blues
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I live "just outside of" coal country and you really need to investigate mountain top mining and the devastating things it is doing to the environment and the culture of the peoples who are living among it. (Not to mention the hypocritical policies the Bush administration has left them with.)
Check out what they are doing to Kentucky in the name of "Clean" Coal.
- 3 years ago
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timcat_blues
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victimofcoal
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I live in coal country. You may have seen me. The window chalk writing on my van reads "Clean Coal" propoganda for the uneducated "
- 3 years ago
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victimofcoal
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damnneargenius
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Why is it wearing 1980's sunglasses though if it's supposed to be cool?
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damnneargenius
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justright
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damnneargenius:
It means your calm, cool, sophisticated, and just don't care. Like they don't want you to care.
- 3 years ago
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justright
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nurse607
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That's true - there is no clean coal, and no magic car that runs on water. Investigate these claims for yourself, instead of simply believing some naked college dropout who got to his keyboard before you did.
- 3 years ago
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nurse607
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benjaminV
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there is NO clean coal!
- 3 years ago
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benjaminV
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afiq980
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benjaminV:
DONT REPEAT WHAT THE ARTICLE SAYS!
- 3 years ago
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afiq980
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TranceSendDance
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Leave the coal in the ground.
- 3 years ago
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TranceSendDance
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Alex2112
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I agree. We need natural fuels but the gov't keeps supressing the "car that runs off of water" that I know they have invented.
- 3 years ago
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Alex2112
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justright
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Another lame campaign to win over the feeble minded
- 3 years ago
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