Less than a month after the failed Bonn UN climate confab, Germany has announced a most audacious energy policy: in order to shutter nuclear plants (but not completely scuttle their economy), the German government will direct climate fund cash to building coal and natural gas plants. You can’t make this stuff up.
Germany plans to dump nuclear power by 2022 but clearly needs to meet burgeoning electricity demand especially for a still powerful manufacturing economy dependent upon exports. Solar panels at their latitude and windmills are not going to suffice, so the solution is more coal. The environmental movement must be apoplectic with so many politically correct wires crossing at once.
With yesterday’s story of “wide blackouts” expected to affect Europe (during winter, no less) due to Germany’s anti-nuclear decision by Chancellor Merkel, Germany has decided not to freeze during the winter by relying on renewable energy resources:
The plan has come under stiff criticism, but the Ministry of Economics and Technology defended the idea. A spokeswoman said it was necessary as the government switches from nuclear to other renewable energy sources and added that the money would promote the most efficient plants possible.
Will Merkel cave or shovel climate fund cash into coal burners?
Ralph (troll):
I repeat, address the issue of this thread or go away. Your nonsense is a waste of space.
Richard
>>Richard
>>I repeat, address the issue of this thread or go away.
>>Your nonsense is a waste of space.
No. The real issue, is that you refuse to answer the unfounded allegations you made. Answer why you think that fractured seams are beneficial to the coal industry. Answer why you think that the planned 160 coal faces at Selby were reduced to less than half that size (I’ll give you a clue, it was due to fracturing). Answer why more than half the coal at Selby was left in the ground.
These are some of the many questions you need to answer, or apologise to the UK mining community; for that it would appear that your Socialist/Communist politicking and lack of knowledge of the industry were symptomatic of the entire mining management. Are we surprised that the industry collapsed in the way that it did?
It reminds me of the wind-power industry. An entire energy sector supported by political patronage, rather than economic output. An entire industry based upon spin and mirrors, rather than the reality of the real world.
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling, watch out people, the sky is faling, DUH ! I can’t believe in this day and age, people are so stupid, and cannot use the brains God gave them to THINK and RESOLVE issues confronting us today.
Coal is being blamed for much of our Co2 crisis today, BUT, who says we even have a crisis ?
From where I sit, it would seem to me, a concertrated effort is being made by power groups to take us all back to the dark ages and capitalise on Wall street with the alleged carbon trading.
What I would like all coal haters to consider, IF they even still have some sort of individuality, is this;
In the middle East and Turkey even, which is considered these days part of Europe, people have been smoking tabacoe thru water filters for thousands of years, the water it’self, filters the poisons and crap out of the smoke, now I wonder, why such a system could not be implemented for coal power stations.
Admitedly, the result would be carbon sludge, but this could easily be pumped back into the coal workings, much like the residue from gold mining is done today.
Of course the power companies will need to finance the reasearch and development of such systems, but I don’t believe for a second, our brains and technology can’t do this successfully.
I also realise, there’ll be less incentive on Wall street to trade on carboncredits, but then, who cares, we’re led to believe, that’s NOT what it’s all about.
It is a bit of juggling game this process of extracting thermal and metallurgical coal from underground mines to ensure enough electricity and steel capacity worldwide while making sure the impact on the environment and people is minimal. Angie http://www.coalportal.com