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Originally posted by hangedman13
reply to post by Donny 4 million
Sacrifice for wind turbines? Not very eco friendly Disrupting the natural order for our needs seems assinine. Anyway its not acid rain causing it.
www.nj.com...
So now what?
Originally posted by franspeakfree
reply to post by merka
Its true Nuclear Reactors are a safer option but going on the belief that I have which is ,that we are the 'caretakes' of this planet and we must look for different alternatives that suit mother nature and ourselves.
Green energy is the way forward.
Besides, carbon output is not what we should be worried about. Its the thousands of man made toxic chemicals that we are constantly dumping and venting all over the world. In my opinion, carbon output is the least of our long term problems.
Originally posted by iamcamouflage
Carbon release is a red herring, blinding us from the real pollutants that threaten the long term sustainability of this planet.
For example with the "green" ethanol we're heading for complete disaster. A recent study here indicated a massive increase in carbon emissions due to ethanol.
Originally posted by merka
Originally posted by iamcamouflage
Carbon release is a red herring, blinding us from the real pollutants that threaten the long term sustainability of this planet.
Carbon fears even blinds of us from carbon.
For example with the "green" ethanol we're heading for complete disaster. A recent study here indicated a massive increase in carbon emissions due to ethanol.
What we should be doing is going electric - supported by power plants capable of outputting vast amounts of power. Fission is the best way at the moment and I am hoping that in the future we can replace it all with fusion. We're wasting our time - and planet - in these alternative things.
Modern coal burning plant do a really good job of trapping all the carbon(exhaust) produced so that its not vented into the atmosphere.
Modern coal power plants do a really good job of filtering the flue gas to remove particulates, and the causes of acid rain (e.g. Nitrogen oxide). They do nothing about capturing its huge CO2 emissions (twice as high as natural gas), which at the moment can only be minimized by increasing the plants thermal efficiency and using black coal instead of brown. Oil has a carbon intensity about 3/4 of that of coal per unit of heat.