Comments on: The Declining Power of Coal – May 2009 numbers released

By: richard beckman

richard beckman — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:16:34 +0000

Clean coal is an oxymoron! There is no such thing and even if sequestered it will come back to haunt us in the future.
Invest in wind, solar and wave technology. China as reported in today’s NYTimes seeks to become a major exporter of solar panels and is going to build factories in this country so they can sell here and qualify for “Buy American”! If this country cannot meet the challenge then let’s hope the Chinese can. We have far too long and allowed coal burning to continue to pollute the atmosphere, the waters and the earth.

By: Paul Crouser

Paul Crouser — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:58:02 +0000

Notice the exponential growth rate for wind - without long term price supports in place. The DOE released a massive state-of-the-art report that examines every aspect of the wind industry and proposes a plan for getting 20 percent of our energy needs from wind at a trifling $43 billion over anticipated costs without a wind plan! The report makes very clear that wind power is competitive right now with traditional sources of power. Read the report: DOE 20 percent wind report peace, Paul