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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:09 AM Original message |
Environmentalists question coal's place in Obama policy |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. We ALL should question it - there is no such thing as "clean coal." k&r |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. no such thing as "clean" coal |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. No coal period. |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Clean Coal = Obama's UNICORN |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. #1 would be difficult and very expensive. |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The value of a coal mine is not the total theoretical value of the coal |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Sorry market value ins't the cost they originally paid decades ago. |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Alumnium is refined using electricity |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What? Coal is ADDED to iron ore to make steel. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. One thing I would add melting aluminum by electricity is not efficient or enviromentally friendly. |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Depends where you get the electricity no? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No coal = no steel. |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Nice jargon bomb. Quite an effort from someone who is not pro-coal |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It is fun to be a purist but generally world doesn't work that way. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 04:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Listen ... |
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