Ah, dirty coal. Always reminds me of Dick van Dyke in "Mary Poppins' scrubbin the chimneys. Or better yet, Jack Wild as the 'Artful Dodger' all covered in soot. A perfect marlboro commercial or the next poster child for the 'Nuke is Cleaner than Coal' lobby.
To save water we could climb the stacks a 'PEE' into the emmisions. effectively creating our own SCR, Selective Catalytic Reduction. 4NO + 2(NH2 )2CO + O2 → 4N2 + 4H2O + 2CO2. On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Don Cooper <wavyca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Something worth considering when taking it all into account: > > It takes a LOT of water to "scrub" coal-fired plant stack columns. > A whole lot of water that becomes horribly contaminated with all the shit > that WOULD have gone into the air. > Then you're left with a clean air power plant with millions of gallons of > contaminated water. > > Whatya gonna have - clean air or clean water??? > > So. Yeah - there's a LOTTA coal out there. Only there's just so much > clean air / water.... > > -WaV > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Logan McNatt <lmcn...@austin.rr.com>wrote: > >> I've been donating to Clean Water Action since 2000, and they are still a >> viable national organization with a Texas chapter based in Austin: >> http://www.cleanwateraction.org/tx >> The first thing that impressed me was they still have people going door to >> door once a year, at least in south Austin where Gill and I live. >> >> Although Annalisa of GEAA said CWA does not get involved in local issues, >> the issues on their website include: >> "The Coming Crisis: Water Availability and Municipal Conservation Efforts >> in Central Texas", >> "Tell the Austin City Council To Support Clean Energy" >> "Tell San Anonio's [and New Braunfels', and Georgetown's] Mayor and City >> Council Not To Support Nuclear Energy" >> "Increase Funding for State Parks" >> "Get The Mercury Out Of Our Skies And Water" >> "Support A Moratorium On New Permits For Coal-Burning Power Plants" >> >> Obviously they are an advocacy/lobbying group, so donations are not >> tax-deductible. I agree with Stephan that it seems like there is a lot of >> duplication of effort among the plethora of environmental groups, but many >> of the smaller groups are devoted to a specific geographic area or issue, >> and cannot actively lobby, unlike CWA. >> >> Logan >> >> ------------------------------ >> George Veni wrote: >> >> *Clean Water Action has been working in the Austin and San Antonio areas >> since at least the mid-1980s. They have worked to lobby government and >> agencies, and work cooperatively with other green groups to prevent water >> degradation. I haven’t seen them much in the past 10 years and don’t know if >> the organization crashed and is now recovering or if it simply got diverted >> to other projects in other areas. * >> >> *George * >> >> ** >> ------------------------------ >> ** >> >> *From:* bgillegi...@gmail.com >> [mailto:bgillegi...@gmail.com<bgillegi...@gmail.com>] >> *On Behalf Of *Gill Edigar >> *Sent:* Monday, December 14, 2009 12:39 PM >> *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com >> *Subject:* [Texascavers] Change of Subject--Clean Water >> >> RE: Clean Water Action >> >> A few months ago a fellow came by the house representing an outfit called >> 'Clean Water Action' ostensibly soliciting funds to promote awareness of >> and promoting lobbying for clean water in some form or fashion. Since clean >> water is a current topic of interest in South Austin and other parts of the >> world it would be a good thing to hype if one wanted to make a few bucks >> from folks with good environmental intentions but who haven't the time to >> keep up with every environmental interest group that comes along. I gave >> them a few bucks and signed their petition and filled out a personal data >> card. A few days ago I got a phone call from them asking for a pretty good >> slug of money. I asked for more information. A letter followed but with >> nebulous details. >> >> Does anybody have any knowledge of these guys? Where do they fit in with >> SOS, the City of Austin, the various water conservation districts that some >> of our cavers work at? Can anybody cite me any references of their good >> work? Etc, etc? If they're on the up-and-up I want to support them, but I've >> never heard of them before and want a better idea of who they are and what >> they really do. >> --Ediger >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: >> texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > >
