Comments on: Halting Minnesota IGCC could set a precedent http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Timothy Den Herder-Thomas http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45594 Timothy Den Herder-Thomas Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:29:47 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45594 Re the state export issue - yes some states will accept carbon from other states for sequestration - that's actually what the Mesaba proposal was suggesting. However, long-distance carbon dioxide pipelines are neither cheap nor energy-efficient ... Re the state export issue - yes some states will accept carbon from other states for sequestration - that’s actually what the Mesaba proposal was suggesting. However, long-distance carbon dioxide pipelines are neither cheap nor energy-efficient …

]]> By: Matt Reitman http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45593 Matt Reitman Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:54:40 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45593 People are fighting these things all over the place. Wherever a proposal pops up, in comes a group of concerned citizens trying to protect their air, water, land, and assets, and we have the privilege of being joined in this post by fights led by two great women, regarding the Mesaba project and Leslie from Colorado. <a href="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/478" rel="nofollow">There is no such thing as clean coal</a>! People are fighting these things all over the place. Wherever a proposal pops up, in comes a group of concerned citizens trying to protect their air, water, land, and assets, and we have the privilege of being joined in this post by fights led by two great women, regarding the Mesaba project and Leslie from Colorado.

There is no such thing as clean coal!

]]> By: R Margolis http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45592 R Margolis Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:02:21 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45592 Another wrinkle in the carbon sequestration issue is: what about states that do not have suitable geology? I read the recent release on North Carolina: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-carboncapture.html I was wondering if the neighboring states will accept carbon from another state. Another wrinkle in the carbon sequestration issue is: what about states that do not have suitable geology? I read the recent release on North Carolina:

http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-carboncapture.html

I was wondering if the neighboring states will accept carbon from another state.

]]> By: Leslie Glustrom http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45591 Leslie Glustrom Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:53:39 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/halting-minnesota-igcc-could-set-a-precedent/#comment-45591 Hi Timothy--Thanks for the good post. At Clean Energy Action we definitely do not see coal as the future--We don't need it! Also, we don''t have nearly as much as we've been told we have which is very good news. Check out the Peak Coal report put out about 10 days ago by the Energy Watch Group in Germany. The United States reached peak coal on an energy content basis in 1998! Here is the link http://www.energywatchgroup.org/files/Coalreport.pdf. Take care and now we're fighting Xcel in Colorado because out here they are proposing a coal gasification plant! We think it will be hard for them to get approval when people realize how expensive they are and that they don't manage the carbon dioxide! Take care. Leslie Hi Timothy–Thanks for the good post. At Clean Energy Action we definitely do not see coal as the future–We don’t need it! Also, we don”t have nearly as much as we’ve been told we have which is very good news. Check out the Peak Coal report put out about 10 days ago by the Energy Watch Group in Germany. The United States reached peak coal on an energy content basis in 1998! Here is the link http://www.energywatchgroup.org/files/Coalreport.pdf.

Take care and now we’re fighting Xcel in Colorado because out here they are proposing a coal gasification plant! We think it will be hard for them to get approval when people realize how expensive they are and that they don’t manage the carbon dioxide!

Take care. Leslie

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