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Clean coal just shat on tennesee

lostexpectation · 2008-12-25 00:37:57

When power plants burn coal to produce energy, the coal doesn't just vanish into the atmosphere to cause global warming. No, there's a substantial amount of left-over sludge called coal ash, a nasty mess that is enriched for toxic heavy metals. It is seriously nasty stuff. This glop has to be stored, somewhere, usually…

25-12-2008 1:37am

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When power plants burn coal to produce energy, the coal doesn't just vanish into the atmosphere to cause global warming. No, there's a substantial amount of left-over sludge called coal ash, a nasty mess that is enriched for toxic heavy metals. It is seriously nasty stuff. This glop has to be stored, somewhere, usually piled up and walled-off, because it's not healthy for anything.

Behold what happens when the containment walls fail.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/12/lets_talk_about_clean_coal.php

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#2 25-12-2008 1:43am

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if only tennessee would harness the natural power of fairy wings.

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Masses of the stuff in Moneypoint, Irish cement use some of it as part of their mix to the best of my knowledge.

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