tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post4995069847395103172..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: The Not So Sweet Stench of NostalgiaWill "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-10565413007517803142013-06-24T20:20:13.412-07:002013-06-24T20:20:13.412-07:00The technique that I hear most frequently is somet...The technique that I hear most frequently is something called carbon capture and sequestration. Robert Bryce describes it in his book, "Power Hungry", and I guess that it works. The only problem (yet again) is the cost and the time that it takes to accomplish it. Maybe as the technique improves over time but now, no, clean coal remains an oxymoron.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-49042308505174436422013-06-24T06:12:28.642-07:002013-06-24T06:12:28.642-07:00Will: I'd be interested in an objective evalua...Will: I'd be interested in an objective evaluation of how clean "clean coal" is, or how clean it could be made. Interested of course in if it is possible to remove/etc the actual toxins from it: "it also emits gobs of mercury, lead, arsenic, and even more in terms of solid waste."<br /><br />By the way, did I tell you before about an instance of wind energy dumping tons of coal waste into the Great Lakes?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twincities.com/wisconsin/ci_23184919/wisconsin-ss-badger-ferry-kicks-off-lake-michigan" rel="nofollow">click here</a><br /><br />I don't know the exact project... but I doubt it would exist at all if it wasn't given some special "green energy" corporate welfare or tax break or crony capitalism or combination thereof. <br /><br />Green energy is clean... snickers.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-77216168780567735812013-06-23T16:37:33.934-07:002013-06-23T16:37:33.934-07:00On this one we have some common ground, Jerry. Coa...On this one we have some common ground, Jerry. Coal is by far, BY FAR, the nastiest of the fossil fuels. Not only does it emit significantly more carbon than oil and natural gas, it also emits gobs of mercury, lead, arsenic, and even more in terms of solid waste. UNFORTUNATELY, it is also inexpensive and plentiful and you have to expect that the developing counties are going to be utilizing a lot of it in the years to come....It isn't going anywhere in other wordWill "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-25411194166374634182013-06-23T11:24:40.432-07:002013-06-23T11:24:40.432-07:00On that basis, we should not be burning any coal.On that basis, we should not be burning any coal.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-8963778070912450242013-06-23T10:16:36.155-07:002013-06-23T10:16:36.155-07:00I'm not an expert on air quality but common se...I'm not an expert on air quality but common sense tells me that a fuel with a carbon to hydrogen ratio of 1:4 burns significantly cleaner than one which sports a 10:1 ratio (that and whenever my neighbor burns his firewood it stinks).......Windmills was just a slap at what once was and continues to be an inferior technology.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-86687088196922899242013-06-23T09:48:02.214-07:002013-06-23T09:48:02.214-07:00I'd agree things are better. Just
in my lifeti...I'd agree things are better. Just<br />in my lifetime they invented the jetplane, cured polio and made<br />tires that don't go flat every few days!BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-40535954663429972342013-06-23T09:12:19.852-07:002013-06-23T09:12:19.852-07:00Your reference to carbon and windmills.Your reference to carbon and windmills.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-52121611683981186232013-06-23T08:40:06.626-07:002013-06-23T08:40:06.626-07:00I think that things are overall way better, BB. Fo...I think that things are overall way better, BB. Food supplies up, life expectancy up (more than doubled), illiteracy down, work hours down, universal voting rights up, infant mortality down, child labor down, etc.. I certainly wouldn't have wanted to live back then (250 ppm or not). Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-17932223068867307682013-06-23T08:31:23.782-07:002013-06-23T08:31:23.782-07:00My point here (and where exactly do I even bring u...My point here (and where exactly do I even bring up global warming, er, I mean, climate change?) is that a lot of radical environmentalists tend to romanticize the pre-industrial age (mostly from the comfort of their private jets and air conditioned offices) and that upon closer inspection it really wasn't all that wonderful (life expectancy 30, zero disease cures, zero modern conveniences, etc.). That's all. And, yes, I do understand those distinctions.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-62730718747241309292013-06-23T04:42:34.158-07:002013-06-23T04:42:34.158-07:00Pre-industrial America was like any other time; to...Pre-industrial America was like any other time; to paraphrase<br />Dickens, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The<br />US population in 1780 was a rural<br />2.8 million scattered along the east coast. The largest city was<br />Philadelphia at 28,500; Boone was<br />hacking out a path in the Cumberland Gap. The relatively<br />primitive energy was inefficient<br />but sparse..CO2 250ppm. Progress<br />since has resulted in 311.6 million of us with 254 million cars and trucks. (11 million of<br />those vehicles pass through the<br />4 lane tunnel under the Cumberland Gap each year). It is still the best of times/worst of times and<br />our species continues to make and<br />solve problems.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-79154779130407232352013-06-22T21:10:51.154-07:002013-06-22T21:10:51.154-07:00Gee, Will. I thought you knew the difference betw...Gee, Will. I thought you knew the difference between air quality and climate change. Are you confused about the difference between weather and climate change too?Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com