Coal is a cheap, reliable, plentiful fuel source.Everybody got that? Our only choice is to stay addicted to coal while we dump billions of dollars into a hope that someday, coal can be used to produce energy without polluting our air and warming our planet. The op-ed is so terrified of clean power sources like solar and wind, getting cheaper by the day, that it dare not even speak their names.
Coal needs massive taxpayer subsidies to survive.
Time for some Reality.
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That op-ed was misleading on several fronts. Jackson Reasor, one of the authors, argued in favor of wind energy and energy efficiency but his actions reflect a completely different set of priorities. In reality, he's president of an electric cooperative that proposed building a massive $6 billion conventional coal plant near Williamsburg, Va. just last month.
This coal plant would be up to 3 times bigger than the one Dominion's trying to build in Wise County and would pour millions of tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the air each year.
No wonder he forgot to mention it.
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