Now, I knew that the Americans for Balanced Energy Choices organization was full off… coal, but I never would have thought that they would be so proud of it, that they put up a map to show how much of our electricity comes from the nasty black rock:
http://www.americaspower.org/The-Facts
There must be some fun action that we can start based on their arrogance!
Fun fact, they claim that clean coal is clean because of sequestration. They also claim that coal is good because it is cheap. Sequestration, even if it was possible, it would be extremely expensive, therefore increasing the price of coal…. aren’t they somewhat inconsistent?
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Well, my guess is that they learned from the nuclear industry to be positive early in the argument. I personally remember an instance when I showed a comparison between deaths vs energy delivered. I was proud of the numerical case I made, but everyone had very glum faces.
Even the solar and wind industries do not focus their statements on how their environmental impact is less than the competition. Rather they just say they are clean and safe (even if those are relative terms). They know a positive message is stronger than showing lesser negatives.