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To: SAJ

***..coal is dirt cheap compared to ANY other energy-generating method.***

Years ago, when I went to work in a coal fired power plant, it was pointed out to me that every time you turn on a light, you are actually using solar power converted by vegetation that grew milions of years ago and turned into carbon.


33 posted on 09/08/2009 9:12:13 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Tar and feather the sons of b!#ches! Ride them out of town on a rail!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
True enough, but the process is rather too slow for practical day-to-day application.

;^)

35 posted on 09/08/2009 9:27:55 AM PDT by SAJ (way too late to 'work within the system'. just about time for rebellion)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; SAJ
vegetation that grew milions of years ago and turned into carbon.

Maybe not. See The Deep Hot Biosphere : The Myth of Fossil Fuels by Prof. Thomas Gold of Cornell.

The reviews include this comment:

You have given many very good arguments, and I am convinced. -- Hans Bethe, Nobel Laureate

39 posted on 09/08/2009 12:14:01 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard work to be cynical enough in this age)
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