Steven asks in the Sustainable Tuscon Discussion Group: “Is there anyone who DOESN’T read energybulletin.net regularly?” Actually I dont.
According to Steven, EnergyBulletin gives a great wrap-up of important energy and sustainability news.
James Hanson is featured in a special Grist Mill editionCoal is the enemy of the human race: James Hansen edition:
There are long lists of things that people can do to help mitigate climate change. But for reasons quantified in my most recent publication, a moratorium on coal-fired power plants without CCS [Clean Coal Systems?] is by far the most important action that needs to be pursued. It should be the rallying issue for young people. The future of the planet in their lifetime is at stake. This is not an issue for only Bangladesh and the island nations, but for all humanity and other life on the planet.
In my hometown of Springfield Missouri, this reality still seems very much lost on the decision-makers, including the municipal utility (City Utilities) are still going full steam ahead with their coal power plant which they call Southwest 2. One wonders whats it going to take to get them to wake up and realize the error of their ways?
Actions need to be taken against the use of conventional coal which it seems is what Hansen is saying. However the notion that a resource can be an enemy of the human race is not very sound thinking and reasoning. The problem is not the resource but how we use it.
Its also theoretically possible that Fossil fuels like coal:
