<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Indiana bill would define clean coal and nuclear energy as ‘renewable’]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:58:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/1 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.


None of it is renewable.

 

Ultimately.

 


]]> 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.


None of it is renewable.

 

Ultimately.

 


]]> Comment #2 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:49:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/2 “We would be the embarrassment of the nation..."

I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. Watch what happens if the EPA accounts for land displacement effects and nitrous oxide release from corn and soy fuels, not that I'd bet my first born the EPA will stand up to the political pressure building to ignore those factors.

]]> “We would be the embarrassment of the nation..."

I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. Watch what happens if the EPA accounts for land displacement effects and nitrous oxide release from corn and soy fuels, not that I'd bet my first born the EPA will stand up to the political pressure building to ignore those factors.

]]> Comment #3 by PompeyRoad http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:16:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/3 Comment #4 by REwonk http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:49 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/4 Pennsylvania has an "Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard" that includes coal gasification and burning waste coal and coal-mine methane. Details are available on the DSIRE Web site at: http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=PA06R&state=PA&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1

But then again, at least they're not calling it "renewable."

]]> Pennsylvania has an "Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard" that includes coal gasification and burning waste coal and coal-mine methane. Details are available on the DSIRE Web site at: http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=PA06R&state=PA&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1

But then again, at least they're not calling it "renewable."

]]> Comment #5 by REwonk http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:30:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/5 Also, Michigan includes clean coal in its renewable energy standard, but if you read the actual act, it labels it as an "advanced cleaner energy system":

 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0295.pdf

]]> Also, Michigan includes clean coal in its renewable energy standard, but if you read the actual act, it labels it as an "advanced cleaner energy system":

 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0295.pdf

]]> Comment #6 by ericr http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:41:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/6 Most states cut out hydro as a renewable. This is done to favor newer, more economically challenged technologies, such as wind and solar. So the door is wide open to use "renewable" to mean anything any industry lobby might want it to.

]]> Most states cut out hydro as a renewable. This is done to favor newer, more economically challenged technologies, such as wind and solar. So the door is wide open to use "renewable" to mean anything any industry lobby might want it to.

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