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Clean coal, cleaner air, cheaper energy
Clean coal, cleaner air, cheaper energy
Date published: 8/2/2009
Virginia's air quality became dramatically cleaner over the past decade due to the installation of modern emission-control technologies on coal-based power plants and reduced emissions from motor vehicles and other sources. Nationally, while the use of electricity has tripled since the mid 1970s, regulated emissions decreased by more than 80 percent because of industry's $90 billion investment in clean coal technologies. Further air quality gains will occur over the next decade as a result of Virginia's 2006 Clean Smoke Stacks Act and new EPA air quality regulations. Coal provides about 50 percent of Virginia's electricity. More than 40 percent Coal-based electricity also provides substantial economic benefits in the form of increased household incomes, higher state GDP, and jobs. A study of the benefits of coal-based generation by Penn State University estimates the total economic benefits of coal-based electricity at the regional and state levels. Using a range of future energy price projections, they estimated that coal-based electricity in Virginia in 2015 will provide: $11 billion to $16 billion in increased economic output. $4 to $7 billion in increased household earnings. 69,000 to 112,000 additional jobs. Because all businesses rely on electricity, the value of the economic power of coal-based energy extends far beyond the generation and sale of electricity. If coal were not available, utilities would use more-expensive fuels such as natural gas. The higher costs of electricity would reduce household earnings, output, and jobs. By the same token, the savings realized from using coal to make electricity increase Cathy Coffey Alexandria The writer is a communications director with
Date published: 8/2/2009
We have more coal underground than any Nation on earth.
(posted by
Mandrake
, Aug. 3, 2009 10:46 am)
To suggest that using proper mining techniques to extract it and clean methods to burn it is disingenious. To suggest not using nuclear energy to produce energy is idiotic. Should we spend money to find more energy sources? Absolutely..the cleaner the better. Until those new energy sources become cost effective we need to do WHATEVER it takes to stop buying oil from the terrorist supporters and scum like Chavez.
ever seen a moutaintop removed so
(posted by
larryg
, Aug. 2, 2009 8:38 pm)
we can have "clean" coal? How about a list of all the rivers
in Va that have some much mercury in them (from burning
coal) that women and children are warned about how much
of the fish they can eat?
Coal is not "clean" by any stretch of the imagination and
it's downright disengenous to say so but that's what we'd
expect from PR hacks in the first place.
We still must burn coal - it's true - but there is a question
about how much more we should burn verses more
conservation and efficiency.
what part
(posted by
cassandra&sarasdaddy
, Aug. 2, 2009 9:18 am)
of what she says do you dispute? whats your experience with modern coal plants? school field trip? ever seen how they burn pulverized coal?
what part
(posted by
cassandra&sarasdaddy
, Aug. 2, 2009 9:16 am)
of what she says do you dispute? whats your experience with modern coal plants? school field trip? ever seen how they burn pulverized coal?
big lies
(posted by
UberMensch
, Aug. 2, 2009 8:01 am)
Clean coal - an oxymoron. Don't get me wrong, we still will have rely it, but lets cut the crap Cathy.
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