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Coal is burned in power plants

Last Post 17 Feb 2009 04:34 PM by glenfotre. 6 Replies.

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avenirbyard User is Offline

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29 Jan 2009 03:49 AM
Coal and its byproducts are everywhere -- in plastics, tar, fertilizer, steel and as the energy source for major industries such as paper and cement. In the U.S., however, over 90% of coal is used for electricity generation, resulting in 83% of carbon dioxide emission from the power sector. Coal is burned in power plants to create steam, thereby powering turbines and generating both electricity and a diversity of harmful air pollutants. No matter how you look at it, there isn't much clean about coal. The extraction and burning of coal is considered the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, including oil and gas. So, what is this new, innovative and so-called "clean coal

tsufan

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29 Jan 2009 08:34 AM
Posted By avenirbyard on 01/29/2009 3:49 AM Coal and its byproducts are everywhere -- in plastics, tar, fertilizer, steel and as the energy source for major industries such as paper and cement. In the U.S., however, over 90% of coal is used for electricity generation, resulting in 83% of carbon dioxide emission from the power sector. Coal is burned in power plants to create steam, thereby powering turbines and generating both electricity and a diversity of harmful air pollutants. No matter how you look at it, there isn't much clean about coal. The extraction and burning of coal is considered the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, including oil and gas. So, what is this new, innovative and so-called "clean coal [/quote] I thought "clean coal" was an oxymoron.

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29 Jan 2009 08:41 AM
The way I understand it, "Clean coal" is just regular coal plants where the CO2 emissions are piped into underground caves instead of into the air. Great in theory, until we have an earthquake, and people along the fault line suddenly start to die from CO2 poisoning as all the gas escapes into the air.

Alton

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29 Jan 2009 09:19 AM
Unless this is the reason for homes to be more energy efficient, then I do not see why this subject is in this forum.

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duffyeric

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16 Feb 2009 05:34 AM
The difficulties we face in weaning ourselves off fossil fuels are immense. renewable energies are still small players in the global power scene and biofuels have their own inherent problems. None of these energy sources are yet poised to rescue us from our fossil addiction.

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17 Feb 2009 04:22 PM
There's a nuclear plant near me that does not produce greenhouse gas. Most of the electricity in France comes from nuclear power. If you can get past the fearmongering, we already have the solution.

glenfotre

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17 Feb 2009 04:34 PM
The "Tree Huggers" in Oregon shut down the Trojan Nuclear power plant about ten years ago. I don't know WHAT they were thinking - or do they?