[Sosfbay-discuss] Clean Coal is a Dirty Lie

[Wes Rolley]

I have just posted the following to California Greening.


      Clean Coal is a Dirty Lie

So is a Green Democrat.

One of the things that really gets me PO'd is the manner in which the 
Democrats have taken on the mantle of being the "green party". Nothing 
could be further from the truth.

Assuming that Obama wins the Democratic Nomination, this is one issue 
that we should high light. Obama has all of the characteristics of a 
populist demagogue who will say anything to get elected.

Obama is on the record favoring clean coal.

    With coalfields nearby, Obama noted that he comes from a coal state
    and repeated his pitch for clean-coal technology and made clear he
    believes coal will continue to be a vital part of the nation's
    energy supply.

    "Clean-coal technology should be part of that mix," he said. "We are
    the Saudi Arabia of coal."


Source: Baltimore Sun 
<http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/obama_goes_highbrow_in_working.html>.

The US Dept. of Energy has recently shut down the Future Gen 
<http://www.futuregenalliance.org/> project for cleaning up coal because 
it is much more expensive and does not work very well.

Source: C/NET <http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9861473-54.html>

Bring this back to California... Over a year ago, the Public Utilities 
Commission all be banned contracting for power from coal fired plants.

Source: San Diego Union Tribune 
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070126/news_1n26energy.html>.

I think it is time to take back our brand.

-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

Wes Rolley
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