It’s a shame that air pollution isn’t the reason why these coal fired power plants have to clean up or shut down. It’s the polluted water they’re putting into the environment. But at least something is being done to get rid of the worst problems for climate change and the environment. Article also said, <<
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CT article says the CCS – carbon capture and storage – would have been better spent on solar and wind. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/21/carbon-captures-global-investment-would-have-been-better-spent-on-wind-solar/ Most of the CCS CO2 is being pumped back into the ground to do EOR – enhanced oil recovery. So the CCS is actually causing more fossil fuels to be recovered and burned and
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The absurdity is overwhelming. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydrogen/the-hydrogen-hype-bubble-may-have-finally-popped/ Quote: << Of course, green hydrogen’s current lack of availability isn’t the only reason it’s not the wonder-fuel the fossil fuel industry has been making it out to be, considering the following: … >> How can its “lack of availability” prevent it from being a wonder fuel? The problem today
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This article tells about many drawbacks of hydrogen: gray, blue and green hydrogen. They claim that << Combusting green hydrogen in power plants jeopardizes public health and delays climate action >> because it produce nitrogen oxides. But so do burning fossil fuels. They bring up that steel pipes are made brittle by hydrogen at high
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This 17 minute video shows a homemade wood gasifier that puts out enough gas to run a small generator. This is his second version with some improvements. The gasifier can use wood chips, sawdust, leaves, paper, etc., but he is using wood pellets which are already dry. The gasifier produces syngas when wood is pyrolyzed
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NREL study said boosting transmission between the eastern and western grids would save money. The dirty, rotten, evil Trump administration held up the NREL report because they thought it would harm the coal industry. They tried to kill the Earth with coal! https://www.utilitydive.com/news/transmission-east-west-seams-grids-lowers-costs-nrel-wind-solar/608475/.
From FB group Climate Change https://www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/wokewashing
There is a need for lighting in the workplace but to save energy the amounts should be monitored and turned off if no one is occupying workstations. The workstations could be monitored by activity. But another way would be to fly a sensor equipped drone around the workplace and determine what and where activity is
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This is shameful. 60% of the 44 gas wells ware leaking methane into the air. This Diversified Energy owns tens of thousands of dying wells that are polluting the environment and spewing greenhouse gases. And they’re still trying to acquire more. 15 min. video. https://youtu.be/6c-WCg2Y7sE
According to the EIA, renewables will be the leading source of US electricity by 2030. The EIA says 42%, but they have been too conservative in their estimates in the past. We (the whole world) must be much farther away from fossil fuels by 2030, especially coal. Coal power plants must be gone as soon
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