Mikey: My Point:
Coal can be and almost always is and has been for years and years and years clean and safe. What is your point??? Just say it. !!! On Dec 25, 7:35 am, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > whats your point lew ? > > On Dec 25, 7:18 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mikey: > > > Considering that 50% of our country's electricity is made from coal,we > > hear very little about it and have so for the last 75 years. > > > AMAZING. > > > On Dec 25, 6:56 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The TVA Coal Ash Impoundment Spill ... Another Risk of > > > Coalhttp://www.alternet.org/blogs/water/115021/ > > > The hazards of coal strike > > > again. Today there is sad news > > > out of Roane County, Tenn.: A retention pond at the Kingston coal- > > > fired steam plant burst, sending more than 524 million gallons of > > > coal > > > fly ash and water into the nearby town of Harriman and Watts Bar > > > Lake. > > > One man was injured when his home was swept off its foundation, and > > > the mudslide also affected 15 other homes. > > > > Reports are that the rush of mud, ash and water now covers 400 acres > > > and is several feet deep in some areas – this coal ash spill is also > > > many times more massive than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The cleanup > > > is expected to last weeks, but some lives have already been altered > > > forever - and the full environmental impact is not yet known. Fly ash > > > is known to contain numerous toxic chemicals and it’s being reported > > > that some of the spill made it into the Tennessee River – a water > > > supply source for the city of Chattanooga as well as people in > > > Kentucky and Alabama. > > > > And now we have to wonder if the Tennessee Valley Authority is being > > > fully open about what’s in that fly ash water – bloggers are already > > > taking notice, including the Knoxville Sentinel blog and in these two > > > posts here and here. The second post links this an excellent article > > > about the risks. > > > > While coal company CEOs flog the supposed wonders of "clean" coal – > > > they cannot get around the latest coal industry disaster: massive > > > coal > > > sludge spills. To see more of the destruction, just look at the > > > aerial > > > video of the spill. How many more reminders do we need that burning > > > coal for power is filthy and dangerous? And will those doing the > > > cleanup and those living nearby in the aftermath be properly > > > protected > > > in this possibly toxic environment? > > > > The coal industry’s poor design and maintenance of its sludge ponds > > > has a long and sordid history: In 1972, a giant impoundment collapsed > > > in Logan County, West Virginia, causing a landslide that killed 125 > > > people, injured 1,000 others, and left 4,000 people homeless. > > > > In 2000, a sludge impoundment failed in Inez, Kentucky, spilling more > > > than 300 million gallons of coal-contaminated waste into local > > > waterways. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, this > > > was > > > among the largest environmental disasters ever to occur East of the > > > Mississippi. > > > > There are literally hundreds of these sludge impoundments across the > > > United States. As coal has dominated Appalachia, it has left behind > > > a > > > toxic legacy for residents, a legacy that will haunt the region for > > > decades. For example, in Sundial, West Virginia, an elementary school > > > sits just 400 yards downhill from a massive impoundment containing > > > 2.8 > > > billion gallons of toxic coal sludge. > > > > Next time you hear some PR spin about an imaginary fuel called > > > "clean" > > > coal" ask them about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who > > > struggle to breathe because of air pollution from coal burning, or > > > the > > > latest Americans whose homes have been destroyed or flooded by coal > > > sludge. > > > > P.S.- There is no air pollution or devastating flooding associated > > > with solar and wind power. > > > > Tagged as: coal- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
