Monday, December 29, 2008

"Clean" Coal Technology

I do not understand this "clean coal" hype. What is clean about coal? It sounds like clean and easy asbestos insulation. Ask the folks in Kingston, Tennessee. One billion gallons of coal sludge has escaped from a coal operation. It has devastated the community and surrounding area. Surface water has become polluted and it will not be long before the ground water is polluted too. When this sludge dries up it will release all kinds of pollutants in the air. One reporter described the area, previously lush and green, as a moon surface.

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