Comments on: Clean Coal? Not ’till 2030. http://www.bitbotters.com/38/clean-coal-not-till-2030/ changing the world... one green bit at a time Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:16:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.bitbotters.com/38/clean-coal-not-till-2030/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Jen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:25:14 +0000 http://www.bitbotters.com/?p=38#comment-171 First off, thanks for your comment! I know my reply is months behind but I just got this blog back up :) Coal comes from the earth, true, but coal in and of itself isn't very harmful. No, it's when it's lit on fire that the real damage begins. Nor did I say it was morally wrong. I'm sure without coal, civilization would be far behind where we are right now. My post was really about "clean" coal and how everyone's been pushing for it when there's been no real proof that it can be done. Of course the ones advocating it have something to gain from it as well... Second, I don't believe the "earth will be fine no matter what." True it's been here for millions of years but humans have been here for only a tiny fraction of that time... Did you know the earth's population went from 1 billion in the 1900's to over 7 billion today? Think about it, our population rose 700% in just the last 100 years! And really the start of the industrial age, with all our machinery, cars, etc started around that time as well... It has helped people survive and have more babies, true, but it's come at a cost to our world. I'd love to believe that the world will be just fine even if we carried on the way we were right now, but I sincerely don't. The ice caps are melting, CO2 is rising, and if we don't stop or reverse it we'll be left with dangerous air to breathe, living in a bubble. That's the last thing I want. First off, thanks for your comment! I know my reply is months behind but I just got this blog back up :)

Coal comes from the earth, true, but coal in and of itself isn’t very harmful. No, it’s when it’s lit on fire that the real damage begins. Nor did I say it was morally wrong. I’m sure without coal, civilization would be far behind where we are right now.

My post was really about “clean” coal and how everyone’s been pushing for it when there’s been no real proof that it can be done. Of course the ones advocating it have something to gain from it as well…

Second, I don’t believe the “earth will be fine no matter what.” True it’s been here for millions of years but humans have been here for only a tiny fraction of that time… Did you know the earth’s population went from 1 billion in the 1900’s to over 7 billion today? Think about it, our population rose 700% in just the last 100 years! And really the start of the industrial age, with all our machinery, cars, etc started around that time as well… It has helped people survive and have more babies, true, but it’s come at a cost to our world.

I’d love to believe that the world will be just fine even if we carried on the way we were right now, but I sincerely don’t. The ice caps are melting, CO2 is rising, and if we don’t stop or reverse it we’ll be left with dangerous air to breathe, living in a bubble. That’s the last thing I want.

]]> By: Mr Band wagon http://www.bitbotters.com/38/clean-coal-not-till-2030/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Mr Band wagon Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:59:48 +0000 http://www.bitbotters.com/?p=38#comment-167 I think that you have it competely wrong and that coal is already a clean source of energy if is really that bad would the earth have created it for use to use or is mearly morally wrong to use something that pollutes the enviromnet a tiny bit. Something else to think about is if we did'nt use coal you would'nt enjoy all the things that you so obivously do the internet being the first on that list and secondly running water. Not using coal is perpostrous It like saying we should'nt eat Mc Donalds or people in Phenoix should'nt have beatiful Golf course and wonderful lawns. I'm sure that you may not have all the facts do you know how big a part of the us economy is based in coal. Do you think people can afford to pay for higher energy costs Sustainable power is a myth without conventional energy we would'nt be able to Susitain our own population Sustainability needs to balanced on a knife edge with what will keep use alive. So go ahead you walk into someone house tell them they cant have any electricty or they have to pay double what its worth. Do you think that will solve anything besides getting a look like your the mad hatter from alice in wonder land maybe you should realize that the earth will be fine no matter what we do it has been here for millions of years and even nuclear devestation would leave only a blip on the earth history if humans go voluntarily extingted in the process well you wont be here to tell us I told you so no likes a sore loser but they espically dont like mad hatters proclaiming the truth and we know your right but hey lets have some fun as long as we are here I think that you have it competely wrong and that coal is already a clean source of energy if is really that bad would the earth have created it for use to use or is mearly morally wrong to use something that pollutes the enviromnet a tiny bit. Something else to think about is if we did’nt use coal you would’nt enjoy all the things that you so obivously do the internet being the first on that list and secondly running water. Not using coal is perpostrous It like saying we should’nt eat Mc Donalds or people in Phenoix should’nt have beatiful Golf course and wonderful lawns. I’m sure that you may not have all the facts do you know how big a part of the us economy is based in coal. Do you think people can afford to pay for higher energy costs Sustainable power is a myth without conventional energy we would’nt be able to Susitain our own population Sustainability needs to balanced on a knife edge with what will keep use alive. So go ahead you walk into someone house tell them they cant have any electricty or they have to pay double what its worth. Do you think that will solve anything besides getting a look like your the mad hatter from alice in wonder land maybe you should realize that the earth will be fine no matter what we do it has been here for millions of years and even nuclear devestation would leave only a blip on the earth history if humans go voluntarily extingted in the process well you wont be here to tell us I told you so no likes a sore loser but they espically dont like mad hatters proclaiming the truth and we know your right but hey lets have some fun as long as we are here

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