Chu: "Coal is my worst nightmare."

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/12/11/steven-chu-coal-is-my-worst-nightmare/


What about other energy sources? Big Coal won’t be very happy if Dr. Chu gets confirmed as head of the DOE—he’s really, really not a big fan. “Coal is my worst nightmare,” he said repeatedly in a speech earlier this year outlining his lab’s alternative-energy approaches.

If coal is to stay part of the world’s energy mix, he says, clean-coal technologies must be developed. But he’s not very optimistic: “It’s not guaranteed we have a solution for coal,” he concluded, given the sheer scope of the challenge of economically storing billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions underground.

Worried about radioactivity? Coal’s still your bogeyman. Dr. Chu says a typical coal plant emits 100 times more radiation than a nuclear plant, given the flyash emissions of radioactive particles.

That doesn’t mean nuclear power is much better. “The waste and proliferation issues still haven’t been completely solved,” he said. A big part of the Department of Energy’s job is to oversee nuclear weapons and waste storage. And the Obama campaign made clear that increased reliance on nuclear power will require finding a “safe” way to dispose of radioactive waste.

I don't give a damn about the jobs it creates. We can create much better jobs elsewhere.

Even if you can burn it clean EXTRACTING it is as detrimental to us all as it gets. Morgantown West Virginia this is for you.

:woohoo:

Renewables and Nuclear = more :woohoo:

Finally some reality instead of coal and nuclear industry bullshit.

...during the campaign!

Is this one of those double-blind FIENDISH PLOTS he's so good at?

(Do I NEED the sarky smiley here?)

ironically,
Bright

they gave us all hats that said "clean coal" on them at the Chester, PA rally (I only put it on because it was pouring). However the event security would not let us wear them at the rallies because it "was a McCain campaign slogan."

Clean Coal's an oxymoron. Now it's the subject of Christmas Carols as Rachel pointed out last night.