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> You're not going to get kicked out of your home and neighborhood forever because of a malfunction at the coal plant. Until we get a couple more of degrees gl

by DiThi 10y ago

> You're not going to get kicked out of your home and neighborhood forever because of a malfunction at the coal plant. Until we get a couple more of degrees globally and we'll see floods in many coastal cities. Not to mention destroying the stability of weather we had for ~12,000 years and allowed farming to thrive.

cookiecaper 10y ago
That's not a malfunction at the coal plant, that's a failure by the government to regulate polluters and protect the commons.
- opo 10y ago
  "Coal plants are the nation’s top source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the primary cause of global warming. In 2011, utility coal plants in the United States emitted a total of 1.7 billion tons of CO21. A typical coal plant generates 3.5 million tons of CO2 per year2." http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/coal-air-pollution#.WN2HTRLyse0 http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fue... Ever wonder why you read that you should avoid eating fish because of mercury? "...Every state in America has issued health advisories warning people to limit or avoid eating certain species of fish due to toxic mercury contamination, many of which cover every waterbody in the state. ...Coal-fired power plants are the single largest source of mercury contamination in the U.S., responsible for approximately 50% of human-caused mercury emissions." https://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Global-Warming/NWF-Mercury-Power-Plant-Factsheet_March2011.ashx https://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Global-Warming/NWF-Mercury-... These are long terms effects of burning coal - in the short term tens of thousands die each year from the air pollution from coal plants. The failure of government is that we allow coal and natural gas to be burned when there are alternatives that are much better for the environment and much better for the general health.

by DiThi 10y ago

cookiecaper 10y ago

That's not a malfunction at the coal plant, that's a failure by the government to regulate polluters and protect the commons.

opo 10y ago
"Coal plants are the nation’s top source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the primary cause of global warming. In 2011, utility coal plants in the United States emitted a total of 1.7 billion tons of CO21. A typical coal plant generates 3.5 million tons of CO2 per year2." http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/coal-air-pollution#.WN2HTRLyse0 http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fue... Ever wonder why you read that you should avoid eating fish because of mercury? "...Every state in America has issued health advisories warning people to limit or avoid eating certain species of fish due to toxic mercury contamination, many of which cover every waterbody in the state. ...Coal-fired power plants are the single largest source of mercury contamination in the U.S., responsible for approximately 50% of human-caused mercury emissions." https://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Global-Warming/NWF-Mercury-Power-Plant-Factsheet_March2011.ashx https://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Global-Warming/NWF-Mercury-... These are long terms effects of burning coal - in the short term tens of thousands die each year from the air pollution from coal plants. The failure of government is that we allow coal and natural gas to be burned when there are alternatives that are much better for the environment and much better for the general health.