Hello PeterSon_12K and jeromeowen.
Seems to be a rather "convenient" time to start promoting the idea of clean coal.
But just one question -- how do you reconcile this "clean coal" with these recent developments in the U.S. ?
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Massive Coal Ash Spill in Tennessee puts the lie to Clean Coal | DeSmogBlog
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When it comes to PR spindoctoring there is always one surefire cure - reality. If you were fooled by the multimillion dollar "clean coal" PR marketing campaign take a look at this video footage of a massive flood of toxic coal sludge from a dam that burst at a local coal company's processing plant in Tennessee yesterday.The spill covered as many as 400 acres of land with toxic ash as high as six feet deep.
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Environmental Spill Disaster Devastates Tennessee; 48 Times the Size of Exxon Valdez | Environment | AlterNet
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Apart from the immediate physical damage, the issue is what toxic substances are in that sludge: Mercury, arsenic, lead, beryllium, cadmium. Though officials said the amounts of these poisons in the sludge could not be determined on Monday, they could (at the mild end) irritate skin or trigger allergies or (longer term) cause cancer or neurological problems.
This toxic sludge got into the Emory River, a tributary of the Clinch and Tennessee Rivers: The water supply for Chattanooga, Tennessee as well as millions of people living downstream in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.
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