On 2/4/2020 8:46 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/4/2020 9:34 PM, dpb wrote:
On 2/4/2020 7:57 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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I recently posted numbers on the amount of fuel we burn and it is
incredible.Â* Burning fuel adds heat.Â* I'm not qualified to say how
much but the scientists seem to think it is quite a bit.
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You seem totally unaware yet of the issue that is supposedly the crux
of the problem is the "greenhouse gas" effect; mostly CO2 is the
supposed culprit.

If there were no waste heat but the CO2 was emitted the models would
show essentially the same result; the waste heat is radiated to the
black sky for the most part.

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Burning fuel makes both heat and CO2.Â* Stop burning as much.Â* Simple.

And put a segment of the economy completely under, sure.

I've been in the coal fields of E KY, VA, WVA selling, installing and
servicing a line of online coal analyzers. These had the ability to
keep independent smaller mines open by sorting clean coal from
not-so-clean such that a significant fraction of production could avoid
having the extra cost of washing. That saved real jobs for real people.

For larger operations, they enhanced profitability with the same net
result of maintaining operating ability that otherwise was lost.

At mine-mouth power plants, they had a similar function in being able to
reduce emissions by knowing coal quality going in.

At prep plants, they loaded trains to match customer specifications.

There isn't much in those hills except coal; preventing them from being
able to make a living with what has been provided is not good sense in
my book.

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