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To: Wonder Warthog

If I remember correctly, modern coal plants spend nearly 1/3 of the power they generate to reach the environmental requirements of the EPA with scrubbers and the like.


9 posted on 02/05/2013 1:03:47 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
"If I remember correctly, modern coal plants spend nearly 1/3 of the power they generate to reach the environmental requirements of the EPA with scrubbers and the like."

Interesting. I had not heard that statistic. I don't doubt it, though.

10 posted on 02/05/2013 3:05:40 PM PST by Wonder Warthog
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