tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post7146186378226589861..comments2023-09-13T06:41:50.786-07:00Comments on Global Warming and Nuclear Energy: My Coal CompanyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-71775379050718153532012-10-09T01:53:35.281-07:002012-10-09T01:53:35.281-07:00“When I sold my coal company, I expected to do lit...“When I sold my coal company, I expected to do little more than watch the sunset on the porch that overlooks my farm, sipping iced tea, As the men start to gather, I know it is time, and I head down to my coal company to bring forth the box. <br /><a href="http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/68031-qaa-with-don-blankenship-ceo-of-massey-energy-co" rel="nofollow">Don Blankenship</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232681043855535086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-70245463629391760882008-09-14T17:18:00.000-07:002008-09-14T17:18:00.000-07:00Coal kills about 30,000 Americans annually and put...Coal kills about 30,000 Americans annually and puts at least 100 times more radioactive waste into the environment, yet we still hear Obama and McCain talking about 'Clean Coal'. <BR/><BR/>The rest of the world is heading towards nuclear mostly using American technology while we sit here talking about only a few dozen more reactors in the near future.<BR/><BR/>Great blog!Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-74683467638285912842008-09-10T23:09:00.000-07:002008-09-10T23:09:00.000-07:00Craig, thanks for your thoughtful reply to my ques...Craig, thanks for your thoughtful reply to my question about the LTH article you posted. I borrowed your reference to the arithmetic link in this article for a recent post on my blog. pronucleardemocrats.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>While that title might get a chuckle from some, I know there is a large percentage of democrats that believe in nuclear energy. As far as I know, I'm one of the first blogs of this type. I firmly believe energy should not be a bipartisan issue and nuclear deserves more respect than it receives.<BR/><BR/>I find your articles to be very thoughtful and backed up with excellent resources. If only "professional" articles were as informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-24812359681109697822008-08-13T18:15:00.000-07:002008-08-13T18:15:00.000-07:00Snave, thanks for your informative comment.RedSnave, thanks for your informative comment.<BR/><BR/>RedRed Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747325685399501190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948976019240936827.post-72426882253938616932008-08-13T17:24:00.000-07:002008-08-13T17:24:00.000-07:00Good weblog, and thanks again for your informative...Good weblog, and thanks again for your informative comment over at the Major Conflict blog!<BR/><BR/>As I try to learn more about nuclear energy and coal power, I will come to your site and use it as a resource.<BR/><BR/>I not only live downwind from the Hanford Nuclear Site, I also live downwind from the PGE Coal Plant near Boardman, Oregon. From Wikimapia at http://wikimapia.org/1689132/ :<BR/><BR/>"This is Oregon's only coal-fired power plant, approved in 1975 just before pollution control requirements of the Clean Air Act came into effect. It's one of the few coal plants in the Western USA without modern pollution controls, and contributes significantly to haze and acid rain in the Columbia Gorge area. <BR/><BR/>"In Nov 2007 PGE announced they will spend $300 Million to install pollution control equipment, including scrubbers, that will reduce haze-causing pollution by 75% and remove 90% of the mercury emissions. The project will be finished in 2013."<BR/><BR/>Mercury! Scheise... <BR/><BR/>I was out at the tower once, back around 1979 or 1980. Knowing nothing about the ramifications of it then, I supposed it was a good thing for NE Oregon. The tower is amazing, standing a full 700 feet tall above the flat surrounding countryside. That it is a major polluter has only really been in the news in Oregon in the last few years, and even then, not that much. Maybe PGE has some pull when it comes to what gets into the news and what doesn't.<BR/><BR/>As for fake science, I have seen enough of that to last me a lifetime, particularly during the last eight years.Snavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763424943041003098noreply@blogger.com