<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Coal industry insider tapped to kill Cape Wind]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Peter Donovan http://www.grist.org/article/big-coal-anti-wind/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:21:56 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/big-coal-anti-wind/1 big markets need protection

There is often a community of interest between the fossil carbon lobby and some common "environmental protection" causes. Logging restrictions help protect the enormous market for petroleum-based plastics. The anti-nuclear movement was a huge gift to the coal industry.

Allan Yeomans's book PRIORITY ONE: Together We Can Beat Global Warming offers many examples of how the fossil carbon lobby tries to protect its markets, for example electric utility price manipulation leading to the bankruptcy of LUZ, one of the pioneer solar thermal providers who built the Mojave plant.

Without serious competitors, the coal industry might better convince Congress to ladle out billions for CCS. Carbon capture takes a lot of energy, and the American coal industry is willing to provide that extra 40% or so. Kind of neat how that works.

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There is often a community of interest between the fossil carbon lobby and some common "environmental protection" causes. Logging restrictions help protect the enormous market for petroleum-based plastics. The anti-nuclear movement was a huge gift to the coal industry.

Allan Yeomans's book PRIORITY ONE: Together We Can Beat Global Warming offers many examples of how the fossil carbon lobby tries to protect its markets, for example electric utility price manipulation leading to the bankruptcy of LUZ, one of the pioneer solar thermal providers who built the Mojave plant.

Without serious competitors, the coal industry might better convince Congress to ladle out billions for CCS. Carbon capture takes a lot of energy, and the American coal industry is willing to provide that extra 40% or so. Kind of neat how that works.

]]> Comment #2 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/big-coal-anti-wind/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:12:06 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/big-coal-anti-wind/2 LUZ is still in business though

Luz is still in business though.

http://www.luz2.com/

]]> LUZ is still in business though

Luz is still in business though.

http://www.luz2.com/

]]> Comment #3 by trock http://www.grist.org/article/big-coal-anti-wind/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:35:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/big-coal-anti-wind/3 out of business, now back in

It went out of business and now with the global warming talk, it's gotten back in business.   Hopefully 30 years of research in materials and concepts will let it burst loose.   well, you know, build a lot of them.

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It went out of business and now with the global warming talk, it's gotten back in business.   Hopefully 30 years of research in materials and concepts will let it burst loose.   well, you know, build a lot of them.

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