Coal Power Online

A Dull Man asked:


The power company in Northern Virginia is Old Dominion. They were trying to put in power lines that led fromt the power plants (that use high sulfur content coal) in Ohio to New York City. Their logic was a false assertation that it was needed when other alternatives were available.

Sunshine asked:


I have complained many times,and they say there is no health concern,and they can’t control which way the wind blows.(That is why they say at times we get coal dust falling on our property.)The Health Department investigates every now and then,at my urging and that of neighbors.What else,if anything,can be done?
I’d like to move,but cannot right now.
Yes,I have contacted the EPA.

Mrhy24 asked:


HYP
a)If hydrogen from coal ISN’T produced around New York!
b)Pollution damages our health!…

Sunshine asked:


I have complained many times,and they say there is no health concern,and they can’t control which way the wind blows.(That is why they say at times we get coal dust falling on our property.)The Health Department investigates every now and then,at my urging and that of neighbors.What else,if anything,can be done?
I’d like to move,but cannot right now.
Yes,I have contacted the EPA.

q4norm.answ3rs asked:


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.

Dana1981, Master of Science asked:


“Coal prices are jumping because the fastest-growing economies rely almost exclusively on the stuff. China’s electricity demand, met almost entirely with coal, turned it into a net importer late last year. Its voracious steel mills are shattering prices for the high-grade coking coal that stokes furnaces. Chinese officials have already signaled they’ll have a 20% coal-supply shortfall this year. (India is also under-supplied.)”

“Climate-change legislation, supported by the three remaining presidential candidates, will eventually put a price on carbon emissions, further raising the cost for coal-fired power generation.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/04/08/coals-woes-costs-just-keep-climbing/?mod=google_news

So not only is coal facing a hit from inevitable carbon emissions legislation, but high demand from countries like India and China are driving the price way up.

What do you think - are coal’s days as our main power source numbered?