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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:53 AM Original message |
Can cleaning fossil fuel be cheaper than green alternatives. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. can lead be turned into gold yet? nt |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Diamonds are made out of coal. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. But does your girlfriend scream and yell with delight over a cubic zirconium? nt |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Not a CZ. Diamond, a real diamond made in a lab out of coal. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. how about that! |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks for the link. I was wondering if there was a coal solution. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I think a lot of people were hoping for the same thing... |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. with a bit of paint nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Coal can be made "cleaner" but it's not perfect. It is, however, necessary for the immediate future |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. There is a colossal disconnect in our society... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. What we NEED to do is offer huge tax incentives to the extraction |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. very true. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. "if we stopped it tomorrow, society as we know it, would grind to a halt." - no that is not true - |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. oh lord... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. No. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. No |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I am puzzled by T. Boone Pickens calling for the re-powering of America |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. don't listen to t. bonehead pickens... |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Thanks for the insight. I listened to him talk about repowering America |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. No. The whole "clean coal" thing is a big pile of coal industry bullshit. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. Cheap energy of any kind won't be green |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. The short answer is yes and no |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I would appreciate that. I was a supporter of the smokestack scrubbers |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'll contact you by private message |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Thanks and check this out, you may have first hand information. |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And this |
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