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11.04.2009 18:40:42
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не, не катит - "The miasma that is coal, cannot be cleaned"
набираешь obama fossil fuel и вываливает масса ссылок,
More broadly, America must kick the fossil fuel habit. America's dependence on fossil fuel is still gouging us at the gas pump. Home heating and cooling costs are skyrocketing. The fossil fuel economy is stoking wars in the Middle East, fouling our air and water, jeopardizing our national security and exacerbating catastrophic climate change.
President Obama acknowledges that our dependence on other nations for fossil fuels imperils the national security of the United States which now depends on propping up a few shaky authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.
But he still extols the virtues of so-called clean coal. Regardless of how it is processed, all coal is a dirty, polluting, non-renewable energy source, contributing up to 40% of fossil fuel related carbon dioxide. An average coal plant in the United States produces 3.7 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.
The miasma that is coal, cannot be cleaned. Coal plants also emit carbon monoxide, mercury, arsenic and lead, all poisonous in high amounts. In addition, while temporarily prohibited, coal mining companies engage in the heinous practice known as mountain-top removal, annihilating the subtle, ancient beauty of our Appalachian Mountains and streams.
Residents of Tennessee (кстати, привет господину А.Степанову) are still dealing with a coal ash spill that released billions of gallons of toxic sludge. The New York Times reports that there are more 1300 similar dumps across the country, mostly unmonitored. They contain poisonous slime and are vulnerable to collapse, threatening water supplies and human health.
We must move beyond fossil fuels altogether, especially so-called clean coal, a phony, public relations term designed by the fossil fuel industry to promote their lethal product. Clean, renewable, non-nuclear energy -- like solar, wind and geothermal -- is the basis upon which we must rebuild if our economy and our planet are to survive and thrive.
Although we need to get 100% of our energy from renewable sources within 10 years, President Obama says on his website, we must "ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025."
If this were an ordinary issue incremental, politically palatable steps made over the long term may be appropriate. But gentle approaches don't make sense when our survival on this planet may depend on a swift, dramatic response. If President Obama wants to bend the arc of history toward a planet that can sustain human civilization, the time for bold leadership is at hand.
Так что этим ребятам некуда деваться, кроме как в ядерную энергетику и в "био"-топлива.
Ну, у нас, конечно, бабла попилят на атомных подводных газовозах, туннелях до Аляски и дирижаблях-углевозах. В итге останутся экологически чистые матрешки покрытиые эко-красками на водной основе да меха с пенькой и льном. Не, пенька сто лет как не нужна , лён уже уступает синтетике, а мехами новрежцы все завалят, как завалили сейчас культурной сёмгой. Ну, значит матрешки и "..а вот дед на ПАсху яйца красит..."