On 6/8/2010 12:56 PM, dpb wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
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Coal still emits massive quantities of CO2, and the idea of burning it
then somehow "sequestering the carbon" is whackadoodle. ...

Oh, I agree wholeheartedly it's a seemingly asinine thing to do, but w/
current politics in charge it appears it will be either that or...well,
just what, specifically??? There doesn't appear to be a substitute of
the magnitude required in the short term to simply quit.

When enough people figure out that the choices are to pay ludicrous
electric rates, freeze to death in the dark, or build nukes, the
greenies will be told to go pound sand.