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  Ahhh... NO!

  Sorry but coal is not the way to go.  The environmental and public health costs are far too high especially when alternative solutions are available now to meet our energy needs.  The US needs to phase out coal instead of trying to find excuses that justify our continued dependence on it.  The brilliant thing is that renewables and energy efficiency can deliver the sustainable energy we need to power our lives.  We just need to get off our bottoms and make it happen.  Turbines don't build themselves.On Alaska state legislature proposes fund to support alternative energy including coal posted 1 year, 4 months ago 12 Responses

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  The myth of CCS

  Instead of resigning ourselves to a future with coal and the promise of dubious technologies, we should stand up and fight.  You cannot simultaneously tackle global warming and promote the continued use of dirty fossil fuels.  It is one or the other, and we need to stop buying the coal industry's line that they have a place in the fight to stop climate change.

  The pursuit of CCS as a climate mitigation solution is unwise given the lack of technological maturity of CCS as well the absence of its commercial viability.  The construction of "capture ready" power plants puts hope in an end-of-pipe solution that may or may not be realized in time to effectively address power sector CO2 emissions.  A tremendous amount of uncertainty persists around CCS, including whether or not CO2 can in fact be permanently stored in an environmentally sound manner.  What's more, CCS addresses only one of the myriad environmental externalities associated with coal.  Even if CCS could deliver on CO2, it would still fail to solve the other problems inherent with the combustion of dirty fuels.  

  CCS should be scrapped, along with CTL, and all the money blowing about Capitol Hill looking for a version of our energy future to invest in, should be put towards renewables and efficiency.  These solutions are real and available today to provide us with the energy secure, price stable, climate friendly future we all desire.On Coal industry asks for still more handouts, and Washington lends an ear posted 2 years, 1 month ago 6 Responses