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12. We had a coal stove when I was a kid in a NYC apartment

Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:49 PM

Aug 2012

early 50s? I was very, very young, but remember it well. I couldn't walk around the apartment barefoot. My feet were black. I remember always washing my feet. Even walking around NYC back then, my feet in sandals, and bottoms of my shoes, were always filthy. My Mom was CONSTANTLY mopping floors, telling us to take off our shoes before we came inside.

Clean coal? I don't remember that.

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What the hell is clean coal ??? [View all] russspeakeasy Aug 2012 OP

It's as mythical as hifiguy Aug 2012 #1

It's a lie; there is no such thing. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #2

You beat me to it. Absolutely right. /nt still_one Aug 2012 #3

Diamonds Sanity Claws Aug 2012 #4

A Luntzism. mr_hat Aug 2012 #5

Its regular coal that has been "greenwashed". In other words its Erose999 Aug 2012 #6

It's the exact same thing as a Ghenweye nt MrScorpio Aug 2012 #7

It was put in the laundry? BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #8

Coal where all the pollutants (such as sulphur and nitrogen) are scrubbed from the emissions XemaSab Aug 2012 #9

The problem is what you do with the stuff quaker bill Aug 2012 #18

Same thing as compassionate conservative... meow2u3 Aug 2012 #10

A clever marketing scheme johnd83 Aug 2012 #11

We had a coal stove when I was a kid in a NYC apartment HockeyMom Aug 2012 #12

The reason I asked was because rmoney said Obama is russspeakeasy Aug 2012 #13

Black lung HockeyMom Aug 2012 #17

A lie. mmonk Aug 2012 #14

It is coal that harnesses the awesome power of the word "clean"... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #15

It is one of the latest oxymorons. GObamaGO Aug 2012 #16

It's the stuff Santa puts in bad childrens' stockings. He's Santa. He washes it first. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #19