Comments on: Appalachia and Colombia: The People Behind the Coal http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/appalachia-and-colombia-the-people-behind-the-coal/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/appalachia-and-colombia-the-people-behind-the-coal/#comment-48138 Don Hawkins Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:58:57 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8712#comment-48138 <a href="http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/newsroom" rel="nofollow">See Link</a> for full article New report just came out today. Check out the mid west and Southwest. See Link for full article

New report just came out today. Check out the mid west and Southwest.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/appalachia-and-colombia-the-people-behind-the-coal/#comment-48134 Don Hawkins Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:34:04 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8712#comment-48134 The world's power demands are expected to rise 60% by 2030.[9] With the worldwide total of active coal plants over 50,000 and rising,[10] the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that fossil fuels will account for 85% of the energy market by 2030.[9] Coal is delivered by highway truck, rail, barge or collier ship. Some plants are even built near coal mines and coal is delivered by conveyors. A large coal train called a "unit train" may be two kilometers (over a mile) long, containing 100 cars with 100 tons of coal in each one, for a total load of 10,000 tons. A large plant under full load requires at least one coal delivery this size every day. Plants may get as many as three to five trains a day, especially in "peak season", during the winter months when power consumption is high. A large thermal power plant such as the one in Nanticoke, Ontario stores several million tons of coal for winter use when the lakes are frozen. wiki We are all human's one planet called Earth home and unless we can find a new way of producing energy don't worry about those lakes being frozen. Those lakes and the oceans on this path kind of a yellow green color not much life not many humans if any. Don't be fooled we have other way's right now with the pain of change and a little slowdown. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. The world’s power demands are expected to rise 60% by 2030.[9] With the worldwide total of active coal plants over 50,000 and rising,[10] the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that fossil fuels will account for 85% of the energy market by 2030.[9]

Coal is delivered by highway truck, rail, barge or collier ship. Some plants are even built near coal mines and coal is delivered by conveyors. A large coal train called a “unit train” may be two kilometers (over a mile) long, containing 100 cars with 100 tons of coal in each one, for a total load of 10,000 tons. A large plant under full load requires at least one coal delivery this size every day. Plants may get as many as three to five trains a day, especially in “peak season”, during the winter months when power consumption is high. A large thermal power plant such as the one in Nanticoke, Ontario stores several million tons of coal for winter use when the lakes are frozen. wiki

We are all human’s one planet called Earth home and unless we can find a new way of producing energy don’t worry about those lakes being frozen. Those lakes and the oceans on this path kind of a yellow green color not much life not many humans if any. Don’t be fooled we have other way’s right now with the pain of change and a little slowdown. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

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