Federal environmental regulators proposed new rules today for mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants — a move that could cost industry billions of dollars while preventing thousands of premature deaths a year.
via fuelfix.com
As one internet commentator puts it,
"Coal is too polluting and dangerous.
Nuclear is radioactive.
Hydro destroy fish habitat.
Solar destroys desert lizard habitat.
Wind creates an ugly landscape."
Unfortunately, there is no thing as a risk-free world. Continued attempts to try to achieve it will cause us all to pay dearly as energy prices escalate.
Have you seen whats been reported in coal market news and coal reports lately? The latest coal market news is that emerging countries are predicting to use large amounts of thermal coal for power generation and metallurgical coal for steel production and they are investing heavily onshore and offshore to secure the coal they need so that they can meet increasing demand for electricity and steel. Cherry of www.coalportal.com
Posted by: coalportal | October 01, 2011 at 11:47 PM