The Clean Coal Myth

America was built using coal as the primary source of energy. We still use coal today and China has copied us. However, coal is not a clean energy source and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy (ACCCE) wants you to believe otherwise. The coal industry has spent over $60 million on a Clean Coal myth using a marketing campaign that promotes coal as a clean source of energy when it actually is not commercially possible.

Coal has the highest CO2 emissions than any other fossil fuel- 29% more than oil and 80% more than natural gas. Burning coal to produce electricity and heat is the single largest contributor to atmospheric mercury emissions too.

One minor change to the U.S. energy policy could end the madness and reduce CO2 emissions from electricity generation by 80%. Current energy policy, fully utilize coal electricity generation plants before bringing existing natural gas electricity plants on-line. Minor energy policy change, use the natural gas electricity plants first, before coal, a la 80% reduction in CO2 emissions and NO COAL ASH.

Clean coal technologies refer to the attempt to reduce pollutants from coal burning for electricity. Clean coal is simply a alternative process to manage coal waste. Thus, no coal-burning electricity plant is really clean. Pollutants are redirected from one waste stream to another, still to be released into the environment. From start to finish, the process of burning coal for electricity is extremely harmful to our environment and a major risk to public health.

Scientists have spent over 10 years researching technologies that can make "clean coal". The United States alone has spent over $5 billion to make "clean coal" a reality. No commercial clean coal solution exists. Under current solar programs, $5 billion can help deploy solar on 500,000 homes and supply clean energy for over 30 years. 

Rich Hessler, Principal
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