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  Not just a name change

  Why are you trying to deceive people?

  Concentrating on the name change, as you do, glosses over the REAL news about the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity:

  For the first time, we have over 40 coal-related companies agreeing to federal regulation of carbon dioxide, provided our 12 principles are met.

  And for the cynical among you, those principles are available for anyone to see.

  (See the PDF link on this page: http://www.cleancoalusa.org/docs/beyond/ )On Americans for Balanced Energy Choices gets new name, t-shirts posted 1 year, 6 months ago 6 Responses

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  Wind and solar

  Renewables are great, but in most cases they simply are not a suitable replacement for coal.  

  Renewables like wind and solar can only produce electricity when the weather conditions permit (there is sufficient wind speed or enough direct sunlight). That is why they are often referred to as "intermittent" power.  

  Coal is different. Coal can be used to generate electricity 24/7 regardless of whether there is enough wind or the sun is shining. For that reason, coal is used to meet baseload power needs (the constant steady electricity demand) and intermittent resources like wind and solar can be used to meet peaking power needs (when demand is higher than the "regular" daily demand.  On The magic mouse of Guy Caruso posted 1 year, 7 months ago 10 Responses

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  Fuzzy math

  You couldn't be more wrong.

  Granted, gains in energy efficiency may be slightly changing the slope of the demand curve and we see that in the EIA forecasts. But that said, by all accounts America's electricity demands are increasing. Moreover, new advanced coal-based power plants can replace older, less efficient units when those plants are due to be taken out of operation.

  Meeting America's future electricity needs will include a variety of fuel resources ... including coal. Coal is a domestically-abundant energy resource, and as we've stated on this site before, fuels like solar and wind are not replacements for coal.

  So the question isn't whether we'll use coal (we will), the question is HOW we'll use coal (and the answer there is cleanly!).

  For that reason, we need to be sure we keep putting dollars into funding clean coal technology research. With the right investments in technology, coal will help power America through the 21st century and it will do so with what we term ultra-low emissions (zero emissions of pollutants regulated by federal and state clean air laws and the capture and storage of CO2).

  That is a pretty big goal, but that is what we mean when we say that this industry has made a commitment to clean.
  http://www.americaspower.org/News/Behind-the-Plug/On The magic mouse of Guy Caruso posted 1 year, 7 months ago 10 Responses