Behind Enemy Lines
One of my favorite quotes of all time – “A bold onset is half the battle” – that is the truth in the battle against mountaintop removal coal mining. I think just facing those that feel threatened by a voice has been half the battle. The other half of the battle is as difficult. I [...]
Carbon Capture and Storage – A Good Idea?
Lake Monoun, West Cameroon, West Africa – In 1984 carbon dioxide (CO2) bubbled to the surface of the lake from a geothermal vent killing 37 residents in nearby villages. Two years later, 1986, a similar incident occurred also in West Africa, Lake Nyos. In this instance the lake was said to have become saturated with [...]
Crude Substitute: The Folly Of Liquid Coal
The notion of turning coal into liquid fuels on a big scale has simmered for decades, but only the trade sanctions against apartheid in South Africa resulted in anyone reviving the Nazi-era technology — until now. $100 Oil = Liquid Coal = ? (10 min) 7.5 million gallons of water a day 10% reduction in [...]
Death Warrant for Appalachia
Energy companies are planning to revive a polluting technology developed by the Nazis to replace dwindling supplies of oil with synthetic fuels derived from coal. Senior industry figures told a high-level conference in Paris this week that coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology could fuel cars and aircraft for decades to come. Green campaigners reacted with alarm because [...]
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