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blkmusclmachine

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12. So very little, and so very late.

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 07:46 PM

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Breaking: Obama administration moving ahead with limits on emissions from power plants [View all] ProSense Sep 2013 OP

Your post titles are too boring... BootinUp Sep 2013 #1

Obama attacks coal!!!! ProSense Sep 2013 #3

Love ya! JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #4

and coal is Black! Traitor, says whathisface Cornell! Whisp Sep 2013 #10

Worst corporate stooge ever Skraxx Sep 2013 #2

K & R Scurrilous Sep 2013 #5

Wind is cheaper. And zero emissions. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #6

DOE: U.S. Wind Energy Production and Manufacturing Reaches Record Highs ProSense Sep 2013 #7

Awesome Gfx! Wind at 4 cents/kWh, grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #17

It causes cancer and kills birds. treestar Sep 2013 #19

Keep believing the mythology. RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #21

Not to mention the wind spills, LOL grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #32

And flying turbine blades are a menace to communities...nt SidDithers Sep 2013 #38

O that's right treestar Sep 2013 #39

Related. proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #8

Al Gore: New EPA rule puts U.S. on path to solve climate crisis proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #9

K&R. n/t FSogol Sep 2013 #11

So very little, and so very late. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #12

K & R SunSeeker Sep 2013 #13

Good. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #14

Coal is king sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #15

Can these standards be met by increasing efficiency or do they require carbon capture? FarCenter Sep 2013 #16

Utilities will have to use gas or renewable sources because of the cost of sequestration Kolesar Sep 2013 #27

"any coal power plants built in the future to emit under 1,100 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour" FarCenter Sep 2013 #28

There is also a standard for natural gas (1000 lbs), but that is easily met. Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #30

This will pretty much guarantee the rapid exhaustion of natural gas for home heating FarCenter Sep 2013 #31

Ahhh, Natural Gas, so clean...what? There's other dirty "costs" in getting "Natural" gas? What? drynberg Sep 2013 #35

Jesus Malverde didn't say anything like that...eom Kolesar Sep 2013 #48

Carbon capture is a farce RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #42

That's only because we held his feet to the fire! treestar Sep 2013 #18

reminder to read later/ no text OldEurope Sep 2013 #20

Too little, too late. n/t RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #22

Wouldn't it be great if ProSense Sep 2013 #23

Which is why I said what I did. RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #37

Congratulations Summer Hathaway Sep 2013 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #36

Yeah, if I won that prize RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #40

LOL! Summer Hathaway Sep 2013 #43

Now see Aerows Sep 2013 #24

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #25

Credit where credit is due. dawg Sep 2013 #26

This is great news! blackspade Sep 2013 #33

"Clean coal"!! raindaddy Sep 2013 #34

Silly rabbit. RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #41

Good start, lets see the enforcement. TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #44

K&R nt Andy823 Sep 2013 #45

I'd say "Cue the Obama haters to try and spin this as something bad." baldguy Sep 2013 #46

LOL Scurrilous Sep 2013 #47