The mind-boggling idiocy of Obama's war on coal

[Lakhota]

Even China is learning that coal is a killer.

China Air Pollution Study Claims Coal Burning May Have Shortened Residents' Lifespans

Name one person who has died in this country from burning coal.

That's funny. You're obviously joking.

 

[Lakhota]

Today, the United States, China, Poland, Australia, South Africa and many other countries are addicted to coal. Without coal-fired power plants, these nations would be unable to meet everyday energy demands. Yet according to a report backed by the U.S.-based medical group Physicians for Social Responsibility and authored by Dr. Alan Lockwood, a professor of neurology at the University at Buffalo, pollution from the burning of coal kills tens of thousands of people each year, due to asthma, chronic pulmonary obstruction, emphysema, heart attack, stroke and cancer.

More: Why mining and burning coal could slowly be killing us | Fox News

 

[Lakhota]

Coal is Dirty | The Dirty Facts on "Clean Coal

Coal-Burning in the U.S. and Europe Caused a Massive African Drought - Olga Khazan - The Atlantic

The True Cost of Coal

POLLUTION DEATHS FROM FOSSIL FUEL-BASED POWER PLANTS

 

[bripat9643]

Even China is learning that coal is a killer.

China Air Pollution Study Claims Coal Burning May Have Shortened Residents' Lifespans

Name one person who has died in this country from burning coal.

That's funny. You're obviously joking.

No I'm not. Please produce evidence that even a single person in this country has ever died as a result of burning coal.

 

[bripat9643]

Coal is Dirty | The Dirty Facts on "Clean Coal

Coal-Burning in the U.S. and Europe Caused a Massive African Drought - Olga Khazan - The Atlantic

The True Cost of Coal

POLLUTION DEATHS FROM FOSSIL FUEL-BASED POWER PLANTS

I said "in this country," not in China or any other country. And bogus EPA extrapolations based on exposing children to abnormally high levels of mercury do not count. Those claims have been shown to be fraudulent. I want proof, like a death certificate that says "killed by coal pollution."

 

[Lakhota]

Researches found out a wide range of diseases and symptoms related to the pollution generated from coal-fired power plants, from light syndrome, respiratory diseases to lethal sickness, like heart attack and cancer. Following are a few data of health damages reported to be in link with the pollution of the coal power generation:

• Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health estimated that power plants are responsible for about 15,000 deaths per year.

• American Lung Association estimated that 24,000 people a year die prematurely because of pollution from coal-fired power plants. And every year 38,000 heart attacks, 12,000 hospital admissions and an additional 550,000 asthma attacks result from power plant pollution.

• The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 12,000 coal miners died from black lung disease between 1992 and 2002.

More: COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT >> Coal-Fired Power Plant Pollution | COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT Emission! | ecofriendly planet

 

[RadioRefugee]

the EPA has got to go....

it puts way too much power in the hands of the fascist marxist el presidente...he claims he can do this without Congress....he's just being 'nice' by getting confirmation from the Senate...(which is Dimwit-run of course)

It's more than 'too much power'. The EPA has engaged in criminal behavior. Lisa Jackson should be jailed for her efforts to avoid transparency in government laws. Her fraud e-mail accounts are more than enough for that.

Add it to the long list of criminality that comes along with The Chicago Way.