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Dave Cohen on October 6, 2005 - 7:10pm

My sympathies to you, bigfootvegan. It's getting colder here in Colorado and there is a temptation to turn on the heat... knowing that natural gas prices have just jumped about 40% this month alone. The newest power plant planned by Excel Energy is going to be built in Pueblo, a poor community, and it is going to be coal-fired because, obviously, natural gas is in very short supply now and in the foreseeable future. It will be a conventional facility with the usual CO2 emissions, etc. So I echo you plea:

help...

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bigfootvegan on October 6, 2005 - 7:22pm

well I am wandering if the government are having problems "squaring the hole"
they need to use coal
and they need to lower carbon emissions

a good article in todays independant
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article317818.ece

Building a power station is hugely costly and requires years of planning and building. A huge number of Britain's power stations - including most of our nuclear plants - are coming to the end of their working lives. "In order to keep the lights on, we need to build an awful lot of power stations over the next 10 years," Mr Skillings said.
If there is no cap and trade beyond 2012, it may make sense to replace the stations with coal-fired plants. Or if there is to be a bigger crackdown on emissions for the 2008-12 period, or beyond, it could make sense to fit carbon capture and storage technology, or build nuclear.