Posted on 11/05/2007 4:06:54 PM PST by mission9
Hillary Clinton released her energy plan in Iowa today – and a big part of it depends on clean coal technologies. Recognizing that "Coal plays a major role in America's energy mix, powering fifty percent of America's electricity generation, and we still have enormous coal reserves," Sen. Clinton's plan calls for speeding up research and development of carbon capture and storage technology. Her plan calls for:
Immediate funding for 10 large scale carbon capture and storage projects<
These plants would use a range of coal types, power plant types and storage locations
Moving quickly to develop the regulatory framework to ensure that carbon storage can be done safely and reliably.
Sen. Clinton's plan, entitled "Powering America's Future," which calls for an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and promotes energy independence, contains the most detailed provisions for developing clean coal she has issued to date. She recognizes that coal is a major source of energy in America and that we must build the technology so we can use it cleanly. This is the message ABEC members have been sharing with elected officials and candidates at all levels of government, and an example of how we are making a difference.
For a comparison on the energy positions of all the major candidates, please read our October newsletter.
Also in the news today, ABEC's Executive Director makes the point, in a letter-to-the-editor in USA Today, that eliminating all U.S.-based emissions of mercury isn't going to solve global mercury emissions problems. Most human-caused mercury emissions come from countries like China, which doesn't have the same pollution requirements that we do. This is an example of why ABEC is also calling on the presidential candidates to support a global leadership role for the United States in combating pollution and climate change. Further it's a reason to invest in clean coal technology so we can make it available to other nations.
We will continue to keep you updated on the presidential candidates and their commitment to America's Power.
She turned me into a triple anus, crosseyed, one legged newt.. but I got better.
Comrades! Increase coal production by 11% in the first Five-Year Plan!
Coal equals Strength!
Yes, you might be wrong, I don't know. But don't you think there have been many technological advances since you first heard that?
clean coal?
OK, but I’m sure that even dirty coal is cleaner than the Clintons!!!
Monty Python lives!
Hillary aside, coal is definitely a big way to go for the future. The United states in the Saudi Arabia of coal.
“80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050”
Why not by the end of your second term? 2050 means you don’t have to do a thing!
I have referenced that action of Bill "Give America Away for $'s" Clinton many times but didn't have the link.
As is mentioned by Roccus down thread, Bill Clinton brought in a lot of foreign money when he put off-limits our clean burning coal in Utah in Utah so we would have to buy it from his Islamofacists buddies.
Didn’t willy take some big money from Indonesian coal interests? And declare large US coal reserves off limits to mining? Sounds like the fix is still in.
Of course she does. As I mentioned in my last post, it will bring in millions to the terrorists in Indonesia. Which of course her husband set up When he was president.
That had a lot to do with the RAT gov being owned by the natural gas lobby.
Yep. Read the thread.
what about all of the acid rain?
“what about all of the acid rain?”
Well, stay away form the brown acid, bummer, man.
“Well, stay away form the brown acid,...”
You can take that with as many grains of salt as you like...
The doctor tells me to cut back on the salt so I’ll take grain of pepper.
A parody from the past:
“He’ll deceive you, to distract you
‘Cause he wants so much to tax you
He instinctively lies
He’s got
Billy Clinton eyes”
The last Iowa coal was mined in about 1985. As you might guess, coal buyers want high BTUs, low ash, low sulfur and low slagging and fouling. Iowa coal is low BTU, high ash, high moisture and sulfur and will slag and foul. Typical fusion temperature of the ash is about 1950.
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