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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 13 July | 65 comments (65 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Living off the Planet (none / 0)

Clean coal does exist. That's what you get when you install scrubbers and stuff. Clean coal as a CO2-free coal is just fantasy. Even if it does actually work eventually, nuclear and wind will always be cheaper, so why bother?

(The answer is of course is that you can just keep on the ole coal business as usual, and then act all surprised when the CO2 scheme fails... like the auto industry did with hydrogen fuel cells)

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Jul 13th, 2009 at 06:02:24 AM EST
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Re: Living off the Planet (none / 0)

I keep trying to explain that the UK will never willingly allow DFH ideas to gain the upper hand. They are more scared of dstributed production than anything, huge great power stations are much sexier, more controllable. Power for the people from the people is just too dangerous. It could hurt corporate profitability

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jul 13th, 2009 at 06:15:23 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 13 July | 65 comments (65 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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