Comments on: Obama’s Gas-Powered War on Coal (Guest Voice)

By: dduck

dduck — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:53:12 +0000

When it’s true I do.

By: The_Ohioan

The_Ohioan — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:02:02 +0000

Do you believe everything you hear on NPR?

By: dduck

dduck — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:56:50 +0000

Just listened to an NPR report of fracking and the disaster it produces in the water supply. Tons of water are needed at the input end, and the output end is a big problem that without enough regulation pollutes rivers, prone to leaks in the pools they use and causes problems like air pollution and road damage when countless trucks haul it back and forth.

By: ShannonLeee

ShannonLeee — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:12:18 +0000

the author lost all credit with the first line…

“With the increasingly likelihood that Obama’s health care law will be struck down in court or repealed next Congress,”

so I didnt even bother reading the article, although I will follow that link from Ohio.

By: dduck

dduck — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:41:40 +0000

Thanks, Ohio, that was a great NYT article.

By: The_Ohioan

The_Ohioan — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:55:50 +0000

First, recognize this author’s association with Dick Armey, Koch Industries and their political groups.

Then consider this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/22/business/yourmoney/22coal.html

By: dduck

dduck — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:51:50 +0000

Fine, negotiate a better outcome. Don’t throw the industry out with the bath water.

By: Jim Satterfield

Jim Satterfield — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:47:15 +0000

While NG does have its own pollution issues they pale in comparison to that of coal, especially when you look at the current preferred methods of coal mining. I distrust fracking on many levels and believe there needs to be complete transparency on the process but blasting the tops off of mountains and dumping the remains in valleys regardless of the water pollution is completely irresponsible, IMO.

By: dduck

dduck — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:23:34 +0000

Yes NG is cleaner than old coal plants. That said, it would be nice to have graduated transitions, especially when NG has its own pollution issues. Let’s not rush (oh, wait it’s campaign season) to throw the thousands upon thousands of people from the coal industry under the bus. Allow conversion of some older plants to cleaner outputs and don’t create energy policy by fiat.