Archive for August, 2008
During the Clinton administration, coal-burning power plants were told to reduce mercury emissions by up to.
90 percent by 2008. The Bush administration has changed the standards to 70% by 2018. Does anyone know why?
How many active power producing coal factories exist in the United States today?
How many active, power producing, coal factories exist in the United States, today in 2008?
Additional details, like where they all are, what there names are, and just how much coal each one burns, or how much they all burn, or whatever else, very appreciated!
Thanks guys!!!
The reason I ask this question is bc it seems like coal is still America’s dirty little secret. The public knows gasoline powered cars are bad.
But it seems people spend no time whatsoever thinking about how bad coal is. I think we need to raise the public consciousness about this thru more readily, easy to understand, information.
How does the Chevy Volt work? If you have to plug it in isn’t it still being fueled by carbon fuels (coal) ?
Assuming your power grid is powered by a coal fired power plant. Is the overall carbon footprint still significantly greater? Would the 80 cents per mile in gasoline be offset by a noticeably higher utility bill at home or do you still end up way ahead?
Sorry, not 80 cents per mile, they are saying that with the Volt it’d be like driving a conventional car but paying 80 cents per gallon.
BNSF Renville Coal power WEST of HOPKINS 4-15-08
This is BNSF Power comming back from the sugar beet plant at Ruebel (a couple miles east of Renville)after droping off a C-SCMREN (Spring Creek Mine to Renville, MN coal train out on the TC&W!! They have been running about every 2 or 2.5 weeks. There are 2 kinds of hoppers they use! 1. Older, black-colored steel hoppers lettered SCKX or 2. Newer, aluminum hoppers with yellow bands that are lettered UCEX. The SCKX hopper trains have been on TCWR since January 2007 and the UCEX hoppers have been running over the line since March 2008. The engines are the BNSF 8245, BNSF 9924, and the BNSF 9735. BNSF power has been coming out to Ruebel since July 5, 2007.