
by: Clyde Middleton posted: 2008-12-13 18:58:00
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h/t Instapundit for pointing to this article.
This article cites a report (you can get a free copy here - need to register, then they e it to you) that discusses the impact of a flu pandemic on coal supplies (link to article), but it’s the report itself presents more interesting information.
Let’s recall Bambi’s coal position first: So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.
Yeah, yeah, yeah he wants clean-coal technology. Son, you gotta dig it out first! I come from a line of coal crackers. I get pissed off just thinking about this simpleton flatlander. OK, back on point.
How reliant are we on coal? From the linked article: In 2007, the nation's 620 coal-fired power plants supplied 48.6% of the nation's electric power, the report says. The reliance on coal varies by region, ranging from 74% in the Midwest to 5% on the West Coast.
Check your state to see how reliant you were on coal in 2007:
How much coal do we produce in the US? From Appendix C of the report, we learn that we had 1,374 active mining operation producing 1.146 b-b-billion short tons of coal in 2007.
To put coal into perspective, there is the allocation by source for our electrical generation for 2007:
Here’s a hard fact from the report: In 2007, the electrical power sector generated 4,006,482 megawatt hours of power in the United States (EIA 2008d). More than 71% of this power was derived from a fossil fuel, including coal or natural gas.
So Bambi is going to carbon-tax out of existence half of our electrical supply, and switch another 23% to be wholly from here – and this is just our electrical system needs. The rest of the imported natural gas and oil needs to switch as well. All in ten years.
And replace it with what? Sure ain’t gonna be nuke plants. Ten years from today, they will not be online. So it’s going to come from that footnote on the pie chart that reads “3% Other.” Yeah, right. Thank you, MSM, the Vetting Goddess.
So, are we planning to decrease our reliance on coal? Report: Coal is projected to supply 54% of the nation’s electricity by 2030. In accordance with this projection, currently 28 new coal-powered plants are being built in the United States,
Hey, Bambi! There’s 28 in-your-face new coal plants. Better get those carbon-taxes up and running. Thank you, MSM, the Vetting Goddess.
But why are we cranking so much coal? From the report: One of the primary reasons the United States relies so heavily on coal for the generation of electricity is that it has the largest known reserves of the fuel in the world (EIA 2007c). At current usage rates, known coal reserves in the United States could provide well over 200 years' worth of fuel …
Oh. It’s domestic and we have more of it than anyone. You listening, Bambi?
When Bambi talks about offing coal and the MSM sits silently, it’s because neither of them know what the hell they are talking about.
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