Oppose the Cliffside Power Plant!

by chrystine Fri Oct 05, 2007 16:54

"If every household in the US changed a 60-watt incandescent light bulb to a compact fluorescent...the CO2 emissions from just two medium-sized coal-fired power plants each year would negate this entire effort."

from the New Yorker Magazine

by Canary Coaliton Sun Oct 07, 2007 16:16

Canary Coalition Action Alert
October 7, 2007

Speak your piece to the DAQ on Duke Energy's plan to build
its new Cliffside coal-burning power plant in North Carolina
Sign up early to speak at the citizen's hearings

In response to the Division of Air Quality's refusal to hold more than one public hearing on the proposed Cliffside power plant, the Canary Coalition has coordinated two citizen's hearings in Asheville and Raleigh. A third citizen's hearing is being coordinated by Carolinas Clean Air Coalition in Charlotte.

Speakers will have three minutes to speak, but all are urged to also submit written comments (unlimited) that will be sent to the DAQ by the deadline they've set of October 31. You may sign up to speak when entering the hearing, but those who pre-register will speak first. You can pre-register by sending an email to the Canary Coalition, info@canarycoalition.org , or by calling toll free, 866-422- 6279. The entire hearing will be videotaped, with DVD copies sent to the DAQ and members of the news media. The DAQ has been invited to all three hearings, but has not yet responded.

by nessie Tue Oct 09, 2007 09:39

If some of the rest of you want to change out lightbulbs or whatever, feel free. After reading and studing both sides of the issue, I don't believe that mankind is the cause of any warming trend (seems to be the normal warming and cooling cycle of the earth that's been going on for centuries) and I'm not going to alter what I do based upon something that's just not the problem. If someone else wants to double-up to cover for me, go right ahead.

by savings Sat Oct 13, 2007 19:46

jeez,
not gonna change those light bulbs? Proud to do your part to make rich energy companies even richer? Since you like throwin' money away, will you mail me some?

by any measure those lil bulbs that you dismiss will lower your power bill and save you money. nice conservative principle there, saving money. but fuck it, the CEO of Progress or Duke or whatever assholes sell y'all power needs a new hot tub or Jag or somethin' like that. so be a good american and give money to people who already have lots.

dumb ass.

by debate coach Thu Nov 08, 2007 04:34

COAL the FULE of the FUTURE
Cleaner coal technology is making coal a very attractive energy source.

Sometimes we use our ecomagination to reinvent the way we use an existing resource. GE's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) system converts coal into a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is then burned in a gas turbine combined cycle system to generate electricity.

GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner. Plus, the process uses less water than a traditional plant, strengthening the environmental benefits of Cleaner Coal.

More information about cleaner coal

IGCC technology produces powerful results:
One GE IGCC plant, designed for 600 megawatts, will be able to power more than 400,000 homes in the U.S.

Over a 25-year lifespan a GE IGCC plant being designed today for 600 megawatts is expected to provide significant emission reductions when compared to recently permitted pulverized coal technology, including:
» more than two million tons of carbon dioxide.
» more than 67,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
» nearly 26,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide.

If all conventional coal plants operating in the U.S. today could have been built with GE's IGCC technology, the result would be annual reductions of:
» more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide, or nearly one quarter of the greenhouse gas reduction goal proposed for the U.S. under the Kyoto Protocol
» more than 1.8 million tons of sulfur dioxide
» more than 1.2 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxides
» nearly 390 billion gallons of water, or enough water for more than 3.6 million U.S. households for one year

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, IGCC technology can reduce mercury emissions by half when compared to conventional coal technology.

we hold new hope for this progressive energy sorce
as our childrens future is depending on it.

the Nessie files

Cleaner coal technology is making coal a very attractive energy source.

Sometimes we use our ecomagination to reinvent the way we use an existing resource. GE's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) system converts coal into a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is then burned in a gas turbine combined cycle system to generate electricity.

GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner. Plus, the process uses less water than a traditional plant, strengthening the environmental benefits of Cleaner Coal.

More information about cleaner coal

IGCC technology produces powerful results:
One GE IGCC plant, designed for 600 megawatts, will be able to power more than 400,000 homes in the U.S.

Over a 25-year lifespan a GE IGCC plant being designed today for 600 megawatts is expected to provide significant emission reductions when compared to recently permitted pulverized coal technology, including:
» more than two million tons of carbon dioxide.
» more than 67,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
» nearly 26,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide.

If all conventional coal plants operating in the U.S. today could have been built with GE's IGCC technology, the result would be annual reductions of:
» more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide, or nearly one quarter of the greenhouse gas reduction goal proposed for the U.S. under the Kyoto Protocol
» more than 1.8 million tons of sulfur dioxide
» more than 1.2 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxides
» nearly 390 billion gallons of water, or enough water for more than 3.6 million U.S. households for one year

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, IGCC technology can reduce mercury emissions by half when compared to conventional coal technology.

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