Comments on: Coal official calls Obama comments ‘unbelievable’ http://smoothstoneblog.com/2008/11/coal-official-calls-obama-comments-unbelievable.htm A content-rich information fact and opinion blog that advocates, educates, professes, affirms, defends and furnishes facts about the legitimate and sovereign nation of Israel Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ben http://smoothstoneblog.com/2008/11/coal-official-calls-obama-comments-unbelievable.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4933 Ben Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:24:29 +0000 http://smoothstoneblog.com/?p=2357#comment-4933 Continued cause I forgot to state the money involved on the part of the industry Nox emissions costs/ton 2005 (effectively none) 2008 $500/ton 2009 $6000/ton a 500MW plant using (low emissions tech) produces about 25 tons/day thus costing the rate payers 150k/day or approx 1 mil a week The state govt is blocking a proposed plant that will produce 800MW and only discharges about 5 tons/day, its 2 billion investment that is not comming out of the stimulus plan b/c its a sound investment. Why would obama, Dems block this preventing jobs in michigan where we are losing jobs rapidly. Continued cause I forgot to state the money involved on the part of the industry

Nox emissions costs/ton
2005 (effectively none)
2008 $500/ton
2009 $6000/ton

a 500MW plant using (low emissions tech) produces about 25 tons/day thus costing the rate payers 150k/day or approx 1 mil a week

The state govt is blocking a proposed plant that will produce 800MW and only discharges about 5 tons/day, its 2 billion investment that is not comming out of the stimulus plan b/c its a sound investment. Why would obama, Dems block this preventing jobs in michigan where we are losing jobs rapidly.

]]> By: Ben http://smoothstoneblog.com/2008/11/coal-official-calls-obama-comments-unbelievable.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4930 Ben Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:12:06 +0000 http://smoothstoneblog.com/?p=2357#comment-4930 Working in the coal power plant I can tell a few things about baseline vs renewable energy. Baseline is power that is always available nearly 100% of the time, this demand is vital to nearly everyone in the world that uses electricity for computer security, manufacturing capability, cold / cool food storage, or just about any other business / money producing entity. Renewable energy is good for off setting peak demand due to thats usually when solar power is most viable (approx 2-6pm) while wind power is mostly viable at night when winds pick up due to differing high and low pressures b/c of uneven thermal heating of the earth from sun. Renewable energy needs to be backed up nearly 100% (1mw baseline avail and offline for 1mw un-predictable renewable.) Coal, hydro, cogen, fuel oil/natural gas, and nuclear supply the baseline for the USA. Coal power is nearly 58% of the power supplied in the US/Canada. That the Obama campaign would say this in the heart of coal country was not thought out on his part and probably should have cost him those states, I'm not sure if it did but Many things they said should have cost them the election but the electoral college seems like it gives individuals a raw deal. Working in the coal power plant I can tell a few things about baseline vs renewable energy.

Baseline is power that is always available nearly 100% of the time, this demand is vital to nearly everyone in the world that uses electricity for computer security, manufacturing capability, cold / cool food storage, or just about any other business / money producing entity.

Renewable energy is good for off setting peak demand due to thats usually when solar power is most viable (approx 2-6pm) while wind power is mostly viable at night when winds pick up due to differing high and low pressures b/c of uneven thermal heating of the earth from sun.

Renewable energy needs to be backed up nearly 100% (1mw baseline avail and offline for 1mw un-predictable renewable.) Coal, hydro, cogen, fuel oil/natural gas, and nuclear supply the baseline for the USA. Coal power is nearly 58% of the power supplied in the US/Canada.

That the Obama campaign would say this in the heart of coal country was not thought out on his part and probably should have cost him those states, I’m not sure if it did but Many things they said should have cost them the election but the electoral college seems like it gives individuals a raw deal.

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