October 8, 2012

There is no shortage of absurdities in our world.  In the first presidential debate last week, Gov. Mitt Romney added two more.  “I like coal. I’m going to make sure we continue to burn clean coal. People in the coal industry feel like it’s getting crushed by your policies,” Romney said to President Obama in Wednesday’s debate.

First, there is no such thing as clean coal.  Clean coal is a trade term to describe methods and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal to generate electric power. Although I am not currently involved in any clean coal projects, I have spent a fair amount of my time in the electric utility industry.… Please click here or the title below to read more.