Dirty Business: “Clean Coal” and the Battle for Our Energy Future
Geschreven op 14-1-2011 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Energie en Besparing, Klimaat
In the digital age, half our electricity still comes from coal. Dirt Business: “Clean Coal” and the Battle for Our Energy Future is a documentary that reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories of innovators who are pointing the way to an alternative energy future.
Guided by Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell, the film Dirty Business examines what it means to remain dependent on a 19th century technology that is the largest single source of greenhouse gases. Can coal really be made ‘clean’? Can renewables and efficiency be produced on a scale large enough replace coal? The film seeks answers in a series of stories shot in China, Saskatchewan, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and New York.
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Tom Mallard zegt:
15 januari 2011 om 23:57 | Permalink
Consider continuous harvesting along watershed, such as the Danube, all along its length, the biomass from just this alone is huge and can be used for biodiesel, the pressed cakes of biomass are soil enhancements, adding organics to preserve soil moisture, and minerals, it’s enough fertilizer to replace ammonia in Big Agriculture for corn-soybean rotations.
Then consider towns & cities with wastewater treatment plants, the secondary effluent from these is a high-volume supply to grow & harvest biomass from, also gaining biodiesel, the water recycled at the end. I have more …