Comments on: Beating the Coal Rush: Coal Plants Dropping like Flies, with 16 Down since May! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Richard Graves http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-56803 Richard Graves Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:43:05 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-56803 You seem pretty sure. Why? Do you not agree that the momentum for coal plants is slowing down? You seem pretty sure. Why? Do you not agree that the momentum for coal plants is slowing down?

]]> By: pete best http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-56766 pete best Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:07:19 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-56766 1000 coal plants to be built globally in the next 5 years as coal is currently the cheapest fuel by far as it has no cost assigned to how much CO2 and other pollutants it contains. the future for some 50 years to come is coal even if we match rusing energy demand with some sustainables and make quick technological breakthroughs that we can roll out across an entire global infrastructure in 20 to 30 years or so. we are definately running a tight rope of between 2 and 3 C global average temp rise come the mid to end of the century. 1000 coal plants to be built globally in the next 5 years as coal is currently the cheapest fuel by far as it has no cost assigned to how much CO2 and other pollutants it contains.

the future for some 50 years to come is coal even if we match rusing energy demand with some sustainables and make quick technological breakthroughs that we can roll out across an entire global infrastructure in 20 to 30 years or so.

we are definately running a tight rope of between 2 and 3 C global average temp rise come the mid to end of the century.

]]> By: Nora Thomason http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-55035 Nora Thomason Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:31:43 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-55035 Thought you might be interested in some of the politics behind the scenes of the Kansas coal permit denial as viewed by a nearby Kansas blogger at EverydayCitizen.com - <a href="http://www.everydaycitizen.com/2007/10/rodney_and_goliath_environment.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.everydaycitizen.com/2007/10/rodney_and_goliath_environment.html</a> Thought you might be interested in some of the politics behind the scenes of the Kansas coal permit denial as viewed by a nearby Kansas blogger at EverydayCitizen.com -

http://www.everydaycitizen.com/2007/10/rodney_and_goliath_environment.html

]]> By: Carlos Rymer http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54938 Carlos Rymer Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:04:54 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54938 We have to do something during Spring Break for this. What about a "shut down coal spring break"? Something like that, where we protest at coal power plants and even convince workers to leave work for the day in protest of coal and in demand for clean energy jobs. Anybody interested in doing something like this? We have to do something during Spring Break for this. What about a “shut down coal spring break”? Something like that, where we protest at coal power plants and even convince workers to leave work for the day in protest of coal and in demand for clean energy jobs. Anybody interested in doing something like this?

]]> By: Marc http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54929 Marc Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:24:26 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54929 Turn off the coal and oil, and turn on the sun! 10% of planned coal plants off the table.... only 135 more to go....! This is encouraging news. With higher electricity costs, consumers will actually pay attention to what is being left on and wasted. Of course, those with limited or fixed incomes will suffer, but there may be a solution coming just in time, at http://www.NewEnglandSun.com, which allows homeowners nationwide to use solar-based electricity. We have plenty of sunlight around, uselessly baking our roofs.... why not use it? Solar hot water is the cheapest of all renewable energy sources- I installed a hot water system for our house, using an 80-gallon storage tank placed in front of our oil boiler, which has been off since May. This will save us about 150 gallons of oil per year, and at today's price of $2.75/gallon, that comes to $410/year! The system cost was $3000, and with the state and federal return of $1200, the total cost was $1800. This means that in about 6 years, the system will be paid off. We are also heating our house with wood (http://www.biopellet.net), so we will not be paying Saudi Arabia to heat our house. We are using BioBricks and Wood pellets for heating, at $255/ton (same as a cord of wood), 6 tons, for a total of $1530 for heating. Using oil would have cost us about $1650, saving us about $120-- but no "new" carbon dioxide is being added to the air, since wood uses the CO2 that is already in the air. Use a clothesline if you can: each load dried on the line saves about 5 kWh of electricity, and your clothes smell fresher and will last longer since they are not being mutilated in the drier. The sun is there... why not use it? America should be using 21st-century electricity now, not 19th century fuels! Turn off the coal and oil, and turn on the sun! 10% of planned coal plants off the table…. only 135 more to go….! This is encouraging news. With higher electricity costs, consumers will actually pay attention to what is being left on and wasted. Of course, those with limited or fixed incomes will suffer, but there may be a solution coming just in time, at http://www.NewEnglandSun.com, which allows homeowners nationwide to use solar-based electricity.

We have plenty of sunlight around, uselessly baking our roofs…. why not use it? Solar hot water is the cheapest of all renewable energy sources- I installed a hot water system for our house, using an 80-gallon storage tank placed in front of our oil boiler, which has been off since May. This will save us about 150 gallons of oil per year, and at today’s price of $2.75/gallon, that comes to $410/year! The system cost was $3000, and with the state and federal return of $1200, the total cost was $1800. This means that in about 6 years, the system will be paid off.

We are also heating our house with wood (http://www.biopellet.net), so we will not be paying Saudi Arabia to heat our house. We are using BioBricks and Wood pellets for heating, at $255/ton (same as a cord of wood), 6 tons, for a total of $1530 for heating. Using oil would have cost us about $1650, saving us about $120– but no “new” carbon dioxide is being added to the air, since wood uses the CO2 that is already in the air.

Use a clothesline if you can: each load dried on the line saves about 5 kWh of electricity, and your clothes smell fresher and will last longer since they are not being mutilated in the drier.

The sun is there… why not use it? America should be using 21st-century electricity now, not 19th century fuels!

]]> By: Klima der Gerechtigkeit » Blog Archive » Noch ein Klimakillerkraftwerk weniger http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54928 Klima der Gerechtigkeit » Blog Archive » Noch ein Klimakillerkraftwerk weniger Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:18:20 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54928 [...] mit dieser Begründung in den USA die Genehmigung verweigert wird. Aber es ist auch ein Trend: Seit Mai allein sind 16 Kohlekraftwerke in den USA gestoppt worden. Es wird eng für die [...] [...] mit dieser Begründung in den USA die Genehmigung verweigert wird. Aber es ist auch ein Trend: Seit Mai allein sind 16 Kohlekraftwerke in den USA gestoppt worden. Es wird eng für die [...]

]]> By: Health Tips Blog » Beating the Coal Rush: Coal Plants Dropping like Flies, with 16 … http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54927 Health Tips Blog » Beating the Coal Rush: Coal Plants Dropping like Flies, with 16 … Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:58:30 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/19/beating-the-coal-rush-coal-plants-dropping-like-flies-with-16-down-since-may/#comment-54927 [...] Here is an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to climate change and the potential harm to our environment and health if we do nothing,” said Rod Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment - Source … [...] [...] Here is an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to climate change and the potential harm to our environment and health if we do nothing,” said Rod Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Source … [...]

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