Vermont considers a new power plant and other bright ideas

jpak

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Vermont considers a new power plant and other bright ideas

http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/062006/CurrentEvents.shtml

Howard Dean knew how to start a conversation.

When the former governor decided it was time for the state to talk about energy, he suggested a coal-fired power plant in northwestern Vermont.

�This is not a proposal, but this is intended to spur discussion,� Dean said in March 2001. �The whole point is to get Vermonters to think about having a power plant in their back yard. We are going to have to have one.�

Although his coal-fired suggestion �sent shudders through the environmental and energy conservation communities,� according to media reports, the conversation did not lead to a new power plant or any other long-term solution.

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Downtown Hound

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Sun Jun-11-06 03:38 PM
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1. If the plant used carbon sequestration technology

I say go for it.

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KingM34

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Sun Jun-11-06 03:59 PM
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2. This Vermonter's View

This Vermonter would rather have some serious attempts to utilize wind resources or even another nuclear plant than a coal-fired plant.

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Redstone

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Sun Jun-11-06 04:32 PM
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3. What happened to all the electricity coming in from Quebec?

That's hydro, therefore clean. I've seen the lines of towers marching south from Sherbrooke and Magog; where's that juice going?

Mind if I ask where in Vermont you live? I grew up in Lunenburg, and still go there three or four times a year..

Redstone

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