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
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"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.