New Polution Standards in Senate bill

Huh! In the new Senate bill on energy, they still seem to think there's such a thing as clean coal. They must think that, because they're planning to offer carbon sequestration and storage. See, here's the thing. They think you can get all the carbon out of coal and store it. And then, so the fairy tale goes, the coal will burn clean and the world will be a safer place. What they don't say is that they don't have the technology to get it all out yet, but even more important, they don't say where they're going to store all that poison. Hello! The carbon doesn't just go away, there's still that teensy weensy problem of giant amounts of toxic stuff to contend with after they get it out of the smoke. That way it won't pollute the air. I suppose they think it's better to pollute the ground. You know, the place where your drinking water comes from. So even if you decide they can't store it in your backyard next to the swing set, wherever they do store it, it has the probability of contaminating your drinking water. Now the water aquifers, which is what they call the water stored underground, cover very large areas of the country. So, a little toxic storage in the next state can still make your water glow in the dark. And all of this still doesn't mention the destruction and contamination done in mining the coal in the first place. The pet practice is to scrape the top off of a mountain to get at the coal and dump it into the valley, chocking up the streams and creating a moonscape. They tell you they'll replant when they're done, and maybe they will. The problem is that nothing will grow on that ground. Yep. Just because you plant something doesn't mean it'll grow. Ask a farmer. Coal fired energy is a bad idea cloaked in a worse idea, billed as a good idea. The way it's planned is that if they tell you enough times that it's a good thing, you'll believe it. Like telling you about "death panels". Don't buy it. Ask them if they'll store the toxic carbon in their backyards, next to their swing sets. If they say yes, make sure they plan to stay there.