Hey Jerry Perkins and All,
That is a really lame attempt to frame the issue for your lobby. I could care less if coal is renewable or not. (and yes, I´m aware that the U.S. sits on 500 years worth of the stuff) The problems with coal are the polluting sulfur, poisonous mercury and glacier melting carbon dioxide it will produce when burned. You can forget about the small environmental damages like open pit mining, acid mine drainage, and mine worker health and safety. No one will much care about those when the foot of the Appalachian mountains is ocean front property.
Tom Irwin
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Sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:28:43 -0300
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] A Carbon Cloud Hangs Over Green Fuel
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060205/BUSINESS04/602050315/1033
Ethanol plant counts on coal for power
The change will cost less than natural gas, but some complain that coal isn't renewable.
JERRY PERKINS
REGISTER FARM EDITOR
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