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Clean coal just shat on tennesee

  • 25-12-2008 12:37am
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    When power plants burn coal to produce energy, the coal doesn't just vanish into the atmosphere to cause global warming. No, there's a substantial amount of left-over sludge called coal ash, a nasty mess that is enriched for toxic heavy metals. It is seriously nasty stuff. This glop has to be stored, somewhere, usually piled up and walled-off, because it's not healthy for anything.

    Behold what happens when the containment walls fail.
    http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/12/lets_talk_about_clean_coal.php


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    if only tennessee would harness the natural power of fairy wings.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,834 ✭✭✭air


    Masses of the stuff in Moneypoint, Irish cement use some of it as part of their mix to the best of my knowledge.


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