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No New Coal Power Plants!
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: Care2
At this time last year, former Vice President Al Gore testified in Congress about why we need to stop building any new coal-fired power plant until we have the capability to safely capture and store the CO2.
More recently, the director of NASA's Goddard Space Institute, James Hansen, told congress that such a moratorium is "the most critical action for saving the planet at this time."
But even with these recommendations by such high figures, there are still over 110 coal-fired generating plants being built or planned in the United States. But there IS an alternative. Experts say that about 69 percent of U.S. electricity needs could be met by solar power by 2050, and that solar power could be the nation's sole electricity source by 2100.
Tell Congress that a moratorium on coal-fired power plants is needed now in order to halt the effects of climate change.
More recently, the director of NASA's Goddard Space Institute, James Hansen, told congress that such a moratorium is "the most critical action for saving the planet at this time."
But even with these recommendations by such high figures, there are still over 110 coal-fired generating plants being built or planned in the United States. But there IS an alternative. Experts say that about 69 percent of U.S. electricity needs could be met by solar power by 2050, and that solar power could be the nation's sole electricity source by 2100.
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Let's get with the program of the 20th century and show the world that we are pioneering solutions instead of being part of the problem.
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I grew up around coal fueled railroad trains and remember the constant fine powder of coal dust on the clothes hanging out to dry. Coal is not a clean fuel!
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I am a "senior" citizen (Egads, I hate that term!) so I remember very well the mess, stink and black smoke spewing out of the chimney from the furnace! Then, of course, there was that ubiquitous "ash can" next to the garbage receptacles where the residue from the coal had to be dumped. What a mess. And we all used coal then, no-one even heard of "protecting the environment" of course! Much as I would like to blame GW for our planet's current stage of imminent environmental disasters, he's just the only president who never gave a hoot about the planet as long as his Oil Baron buddies got their obscene profits! We have just lost *eight* years of so little being done to solve the energy crisis and other major problems, just because we were captives of a president who really didn't care about our country, the world community, and of course....our own citizens!!
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Our focus needs to be on renewable energy sources.
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We need to store our CO2!
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There is NO such thing as "Clean Coal" ; that is an Intentional and Highly Profitable Dirty Coal Industry LIE !! Coal is toxic , it can be both deadly and dangerous !! It is infamous for its' ground water contamination !! TB and other once conquered lung diseases could rapidly return to plague those unfortunate to be downwind of Those Vicious and Vile Polluters !! Global Warming is REAL and getting far worse far faster than anyone previously envisioned !! Greedy Energy Conglomerates are creating now uncontrollable Inflationary Spikes and are driving up All Consumer Costs exponentially !! A new Global Great Depression could easily be right around the corner !! It is now a matter of Our Vital Interests to end Our Nation's Dependence on and Addiction to ALL Fossil Fuels !! Congress must bring about The New Tecnologies of The New Century NOW !! Venus - Uninhabitable !! Mars - Uninhabitable !! Shall Earth Be Next ??!!??
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Alternatives to fossil fuels are abundant, please take advantage of them now.
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If you are in Congress, you should be intelligent enough to know why.
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NO MORE COAL! NO MORE NUCLEAR! Time to put solar panels everywhere, on every building!
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STOP coal companies from dirtying up our air! This should NOT be allowed to continue! This should've ended in 1920, WHY are these mining facilities allowed to continue? SHUT it DOWN!
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