ALERT!! New Coal Restrictions by EPA. - Arapahoe Tea Party2024-03-29T08:51:52Zhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/forum/topics/alert-new-coal-restrictions-by-epa?commentId=3186561%3AComment%3A35471&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks Wilma, while I believe…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-04-24:3186561:Comment:357252012-04-24T23:02:04.668ZFredrick Lindnerhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/FredrickDLindner
<p>Thanks Wilma, while I believe in Conservation of energy and diversity of energy to provide for sources in the future, basing an economy on CO2 as a pollutant is unwarranted. Although the numbers provided in the link are appear to be vast, they are limited. By these numbers we will have depleted all oil reserves in less than 20 years, natural gas will be gone in less than 70. Transitions to other energy sources will be motivated by economic forces long before then.</p>
<p>Thanks Wilma, while I believe in Conservation of energy and diversity of energy to provide for sources in the future, basing an economy on CO2 as a pollutant is unwarranted. Although the numbers provided in the link are appear to be vast, they are limited. By these numbers we will have depleted all oil reserves in less than 20 years, natural gas will be gone in less than 70. Transitions to other energy sources will be motivated by economic forces long before then.</p> On a related note, here is th…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-04-18:3186561:Comment:356082012-04-18T23:15:27.205ZW. Branstetterhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/WBranstetter
<p>On a related note, here is the latest release from the U.S. Geological Survey of estimates for oil, natural gas, and more.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/worlds-oil-and-gas-endowment/?from=title">http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/worlds-oil-and-gas-endowment/?from=title</a></p>
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<p>On a related note, here is the latest release from the U.S. Geological Survey of estimates for oil, natural gas, and more.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/worlds-oil-and-gas-endowment/?from=title">http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/worlds-oil-and-gas-endowment/?from=title</a></p>
<p> </p> Somehow buried in this Congre…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-04-16:3186561:Comment:356952012-04-16T22:03:26.212ZFredrick Lindnerhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/FredrickDLindner
<p>Somehow buried in this Congression Research Study was a first look at what the EPA had planned as far back as 2011. </p>
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<p>Flip to page 21 of the PDF, or page 17 of the report text to read this...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41914.pdf">http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41914.pdf</a></p>
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<p>"((EEI’s $25/ton assumption would result in a cost of CO<font face="TimesNewRoman" size="1"><font face="TimesNewRoman" size="1">2…</font></font></p>
<p>Somehow buried in this Congression Research Study was a first look at what the EPA had planned as far back as 2011. </p>
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<p>Flip to page 21 of the PDF, or page 17 of the report text to read this...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41914.pdf">http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41914.pdf</a></p>
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<p>"((EEI’s $25/ton assumption would result in a cost of CO<font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman"><font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman">2</font></font> <font size="3" face="TimesNewRoman"><font size="3" face="TimesNewRoman"><font size="3" face="TimesNewRoman">regulation of $43.7 billion in</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left">2017, with 5% increases each year thereafter. This cost, which appears to have been based on its</p>
<p align="left">analysis of legislation not enacted in the 111<font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman"><font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman">th</font></font> <font size="3" face="TimesNewRoman"><font size="3" face="TimesNewRoman"><font size="3" face="TimesNewRoman">Congress, dwarfs every other projected regulatory</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left">cost in the regulatory impact analyses that CRS examined. Inclusion of this requirement leads, in</p>
<p align="left">EEI’s analysis, to an additional 23 GW of retired capacity in 2015 and 40 GW of incremental</p>
<p>retirements in 2020, accounting for more than half of all retirements in the latter year.))"</p>
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<p>NOTE GW means GIGA-WATTS, in 2009 the US produced 338 GW of energy from coal. So using the combined retirements by 2020 that will be lost and not replaced compared to 2009 outputs, we will lose 18.6% of our energy by 2020. Be prepared to stop charging your cell phone, or using AC, or watching TV on a plasma. These are the things the EPA has in store for the economy.</p>
<p> </p> This figure shows energy prod…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-04-16:3186561:Comment:355982012-04-16T21:33:35.082ZFredrick Lindnerhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/FredrickDLindner
<p><span><a class="lightbox" href="http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/images/figure_12es-lg.jpg"><img src="http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/images/figure_12es.jpg"/></a>This figure shows energy production per field of energy. Note that this study was taken in 2010, long before coal was threatened as a power source due to superstitious reasons.</span></p>
<p><span><a class="lightbox" href="http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/images/figure_12es-lg.jpg"><img src="http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/images/figure_12es.jpg"/></a>This figure shows energy production per field of energy. Note that this study was taken in 2010, long before coal was threatened as a power source due to superstitious reasons.</span></p> The cost of electricity will…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-04-16:3186561:Comment:358772012-04-16T21:17:04.053ZFredrick Lindnerhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/FredrickDLindner
<p>The cost of electricity will sky rocket if Coal is banned for superstitious reasons. Of the most cost effective methods to produce energy on a KWH basis is nuclear and hydroeclectic, see the below link. Of these methods hydroelectic has little to no room for growth due to the unique circumstances that must play in order to have a productive dam. Nuclear has so many regulatory hurdles that this is also unlikely, although I still hold the caveat for THORIUM ENERGY PRODUCTION to be released…</p>
<p>The cost of electricity will sky rocket if Coal is banned for superstitious reasons. Of the most cost effective methods to produce energy on a KWH basis is nuclear and hydroeclectic, see the below link. Of these methods hydroelectic has little to no room for growth due to the unique circumstances that must play in order to have a productive dam. Nuclear has so many regulatory hurdles that this is also unlikely, although I still hold the caveat for THORIUM ENERGY PRODUCTION to be released in the future.</p>
<p><a href="http://nuclearfissionary.com/2010/04/02/comparing-energy-costs-of-nuclear-coal-gas-wind-and-solar/">http://nuclearfissionary.com/2010/04/02/comparing-energy-costs-of-nuclear-coal-gas-wind-and-solar/</a></p>
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<p>Chart with the break down.</p>
<p><a href="http://nuclearfissionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/total-cost-electricity-production-per-kwh.jpg">http://nuclearfissionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/total-cost-electricity-production-per-kwh.jpg</a></p>
<p> </p> The fool of a Congressman ref…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-04-16:3186561:Comment:357802012-04-16T21:05:06.214ZFredrick Lindnerhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/FredrickDLindner
<p>The fool of a Congressman refreshes his ignorance of the issue with anecdotal observations of the weather to justify the EPA’s rules. THIS LEADING TO THE CLOSING OF EXISTING COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailyamericannews.com/news/x1221871542/New-rules-challenge-Ill-coal?zc_p=1">http://www.dailyamericannews.com/news/x1221871542/New-rules-challenge-Ill-coal?zc_p=1</a></p>
<p>This is the</p>
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<p>Targeting so-called "dangerous carbon pollution" Durbin called…</p>
<p>The fool of a Congressman refreshes his ignorance of the issue with anecdotal observations of the weather to justify the EPA’s rules. THIS LEADING TO THE CLOSING OF EXISTING COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailyamericannews.com/news/x1221871542/New-rules-challenge-Ill-coal?zc_p=1">http://www.dailyamericannews.com/news/x1221871542/New-rules-challenge-Ill-coal?zc_p=1</a></p>
<p>This is the</p>
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<p>Targeting so-called "dangerous carbon pollution" Durbin called for reductions in emissions caused by coal-fired power plants.</p>
<p>"We ought to face the reality of greenhouse gas emissions and create energy and environmental policies to reduce their destructive impact," said Durbin in a statement prepared for the event. "We need to invest in renewable energy and pollution controls to help slow the effects of climate change and protect our public health. It is critical that we leave our children and grandchildren with a sustainable planet and a promising, bright future."</p>
<p>When asked about the comments Tuesday in Harrisburg, the heart of Southern Illinois' re-emerging coal belt, Durbin didn't back down.</p>
<p>"Things are changing in the weather," he stated referencing this winter's warm weather, last year's flooding, and the Groundhog Day blizzard in Chicago a few months earlier.</p>
<p>"Ask the insurance industry," he said.))"</p>
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<p> </p> I am pretty sure that this ha…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-03-28:3186561:Comment:353182012-03-28T23:24:56.032ZSteven Haworthhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/StevenHaworth
<p>I am pretty sure that this has been the method of operation for most of this Presidents administration...if you cannot get it through Congress then use rules and regulations though the governmental bureaucracies. I am certain there is more to come. </p>
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<p>I am pretty sure that this has been the method of operation for most of this Presidents administration...if you cannot get it through Congress then use rules and regulations though the governmental bureaucracies. I am certain there is more to come. </p>
<p></p> Proof that they are doing it…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2012-03-28:3186561:Comment:354712012-03-28T06:07:53.921ZFredrick Lindnerhttps://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/FredrickDLindner
<p>Proof that they are doing it and will do more to come.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.epa.gov/airquality/cps/settlement.html" target="_blank">http://www.epa.gov/airquality/cps/settlement.html</a></p>
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<p>Proof that they are doing it and will do more to come.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.epa.gov/airquality/cps/settlement.html" target="_blank">http://www.epa.gov/airquality/cps/settlement.html</a></p>
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