An interesting article, Jones. But, for the life of me I can't see why spending money to get the coal-burning power plants cleaned up is so hard for the greedy-profit-oriented energy czars to swallow. The EPA edict on automotive emissions-mileage, antifreeze, and crankcase and lube oil processing gave the economy one hell of a boost with the industries it has created along with less cost per mile vehicle operation. Perhaps a weekend of dire need only energy use by the public would send a message to them and the congress that the public wants action. Stock up on candles, snacks, reading materials, and canned goods, turn down the thermostat, and shut off everything except the refrigerator. Only flush the toilet once every 24 hours on "President's Day" the ammonia and Carbon Neutral CO2 is part of nature's Biomass Nitrogen-Carbon Cycle. :-)
Fred Jones Beene wrote. > > > Frederick Sparber wrote: > > > A 100,000 BTU per hour central heat furnace each hour of burning fossil fuel adds about 30 pounds of Carbon Dioxide to the earth's atmosphere, > > Equally bad for the environment, and probably far worse for humans > (increased cancer risk) is this information: > > http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html > > Americans living near coal plants are exposed to far more radiation than > those living or working in nuclear plants. Hope Richard has a whole > house electrostatic air filter built into the AC. > > Based on the predicted combustion, and cumulative releases for the past > 100 years of coal combustion (pre WWII to the near future) this is the > aftermath which our grandkids must live with: > > U.S. toxic releases(from combustion of 111,716 million tons of coal): > > Uranium: 145,230 tons > > Thorium: 357,491 tons > > Hey folks this is in the form of highly particulated toxic radioactive > particles which stay suspended in the atmosphere. By comparison > Chernobyl released less twenty tons into the air (7000 time less) and > most of it fell to earth in a week, as it was less particulated. > > Worldwide release (from combustion of 637,409 million tons): > > Uranium: 828,632 tons (containing 5883 tons of uranium-235) > > Thorium: 2,039,709 tons > > (thanks to Horace Heffner, who may be floating to sea in a melting > Alaskan glacier by now) > > Jones
