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Originally Posted by hillbilly
I remember Obama himself saying that we need to invest in clean coal technoligies, and later start selling the technology to them. I also remember Obama stating he was wanting to start fining the coal co's real hefty if they didn't come up with and convert to clean coal technologies. He said if they didn't, they'd be forced to rethink it or be fined into bankruptsy. It made news in the little book the light company sends out to folks as well.
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I remember that too. All the candidates spoke of clean coal technology. The only trouble is that technology doesn't exist and, frankly, nobody's really sure how to go about developing it.
We have so much coal that it only makes sense to use it but only if we can figure out how to burn it cleanly. Another problem, as you'll know, is what to do about these damned lagoons full of coal ash. Even just sitting there without bursting their seams, these things present a huge cancer risk to the people who live nearby.
John