Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Hey Al, Since When Is Coal Renewable?

"...Hey Al, Since When Is Coal Renewable?
By Rob on February 27, 2007 at 02:43 pm
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Al Gore has responded to the controversy surrounding his mansion’s exorbitant power use by saying that his power use is excused because he purchases his power from Tennessee Valley Authority’s “Green Power Switch” program which claims to get all of its power from renewable sources.
After perusing the TVA Green Switch website, however, that just doesn’t seem to be true. At least part of the “green switch” power comes from the burning of methane gas from human waste. Which is a renewable source, but in order for the methane to be effective it is “co-fired” with coal.
Which, the last time I checked, isn’t exactly a renewable source. ..."

Not exactly renewable, but there is still lots of it....

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