Thread: Clean Coal? Not Here, Thanks

I don't come in to defend environmentalists very often, as so many of them go to such extremes, but in this case I will. Clean coal can happen, yes, but it's about like the concept of "fat-free ham". The part that caught me was: Quote: and pump it through 70 miles of pipeline to an offshore rock formation near Atlantic City What happens when there's a leak? What kind of environmental damage could occur from...

Clean Coal? Not Here, Thanks Quote: There’s another article in yesterday’s New York Times worth noting. On the Metropolitan page, Peter Applebome recounts a bitter public debate going on now in Linden, N.J. It seems a farsighted power company named PurGen wants to build a 750-megawatt coal plant with complete carbon capture and storage, commonly cited as one of the major breakthroughs needed to fend off global warming. The plant, on an old...

First, I agree with Kizzume - nuclear power is the way to go until we find economically and environmentally feasible ways of using solar, geothermal, and other energy sources. As far as the tree hugger opposition to this - there is an advantage in vehemently opposing something like this - the opposition forces the advocates to make damn sure that it will be safe - something that (given human nature) won't be given anywhere near the kind...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kizzume I don't come in to defend environmentalists very often, as so many of them go to such extremes, but in this case I will. Clean coal can happen, yes, but it's about like the concept of "fat-free ham". The part that caught me was: What happens when there's a leak? What kind of environmental damage could occur from that? Let us not forget how toxic this substance can be....