On the coal plant for our electricity, Duke Energy one of the largest owners of coal power plants states that the 2 plants they are currently building WILL BE THEIR LAST.

The utility companies hear the overwhelming majority of people do not want any more dirty coal plants. Clean coal (aka Carbon Capture and Sequestration – CCS) is not yet ready for deployment and may not be for another 10 or 20 years if ever.

Other utilities are getting the message:

“The extra cost of CCS may make rival, non-fossil fuel alternatives such as wind and solar competitive, said Steve Lennon, managing director of corporate affairs at South African utility Eskom.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE54P1LG20090526

On the coal plant for our electricity, Duke Energy one of the largest owners of coal power plants states that the 2 plants they are currently building WILL BE THEIR LAST.

The utility companies hear the overwhelming majority of people do not want any more dirty coal plants. Clean coal (aka Carbon Capture and Sequestration – CCS) is not yet ready for deployment and may not be for another 10 or 20 years if ever.

Other utilities are getting the message:

“The extra cost of CCS may make rival, non-fossil fuel alternatives such as wind and solar competitive, said Steve Lennon, managing director of corporate affairs at South African utility Eskom.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE54P1LG20090526

This ‘Stang now has a new lease on life and I bet the owner is proud.

To answer Cathy, yes you can convert any vehicle to electric drive. Niel Young converted a Lincoln Continental (not a light vehicle by any stretch of the imagination) and now it runs on volts alone. Check it out on youtube “lincvolt” or http://www.lincvolt.com/

If anyone feels that the larger vehicles we supposedly love can’t be run on electricity at least part of the way check out this info about a Hummer that was converted to run on electric power alone for the first 40 miles and if you need to drive any further then a gas engine starts up to run the vehicle from there on. Most people don’t drive more than 40 miles per day anyway. http://www.rasertech.com/media/videos/hummer-fuel-economy-explained

Sorry for the long winded post but it’s important I feel for the future of our country and our children and grandchildren. No more oil wars!

This ‘Stang now has a new lease on life and I bet the owner is proud.

To answer Cathy, yes you can convert any vehicle to electric drive. Niel Young converted a Lincoln Continental (not a light vehicle by any stretch of the imagination) and now it runs on volts alone. Check it out on youtube “lincvolt” or http://www.lincvolt.com/

If anyone feels that the larger vehicles we supposedly love can’t be run on electricity at least part of the way check out this info about a Hummer that was converted to run on electric power alone for the first 40 miles and if you need to drive any further then a gas engine starts up to run the vehicle from there on. Most people don’t drive more than 40 miles per day anyway. http://www.rasertech.com/media/videos/hummer-fuel-economy-explained

Sorry for the long winded post but it’s important I feel for the future of our country and our children and grandchildren. No more oil wars!

As far as the tired refrain of the current state of coal powered electricity, the offset from 0 emission tailpipe to the utility has already been proven effective and as more and utilities spruce up their alternative energy, will be even more relevant.

Then again, what’s a world without naysayers?

The Electricnick.com team.

As far as the tired refrain of the current state of coal powered electricity, the offset from 0 emission tailpipe to the utility has already been proven effective and as more and utilities spruce up their alternative energy, will be even more relevant.

Then again, what’s a world without naysayers?

The Electricnick.com team.

Is it OK to use coal if the power is generated by a ‘clean coal’ plant that sequesters the CO2 underground?

It seems to me that if electric cars become the norm, that should usher in a PhotoVoltaic revolution to go with it.

I agree with smaller, but if you talk to any dysfunctional American, they want fast and safe. Unfortunately, they all think Big is Safe….but when you’re going fast, it doesn’t matter how big a vehicle is, it’s not safe.

I don’t believe that there will be one solution to fit our energy/transportation needs, but regionally different things should work: wind power on the coasts, sun power in the arid regions, water power around large rivers. If you’re content with funding terrorists as the status quo, then that’s your prerogative…I’d like to entertain other solutions.

Either way, 15 cargo ships pollute more in a year than all the vehicles in the world… truly belittling anything people are trying to do about car emissions.

Is it OK to use coal if the power is generated by a ‘clean coal’ plant that sequesters the CO2 underground?

It seems to me that if electric cars become the norm, that should usher in a PhotoVoltaic revolution to go with it.

I agree with smaller, but if you talk to any dysfunctional American, they want fast and safe. Unfortunately, they all think Big is Safe….but when you’re going fast, it doesn’t matter how big a vehicle is, it’s not safe.

I don’t believe that there will be one solution to fit our energy/transportation needs, but regionally different things should work: wind power on the coasts, sun power in the arid regions, water power around large rivers. If you’re content with funding terrorists as the status quo, then that’s your prerogative…I’d like to entertain other solutions.

Either way, 15 cargo ships pollute more in a year than all the vehicles in the world… truly belittling anything people are trying to do about car emissions.