New Human Sub-species Discovered in West Virginia
THE ANCIENT PROTO-HUMAN homo blankenstarelis was believed to have become extinct two million years ago, when its only skill—stuffing it’s mouth with long green cabbage —proved insufficient in the face of even the mildest climate change. Recently, however, examples of this crude and primitive sub-species have been spotted in abandoned central West Virginia coal mines, … Read more
Big Butter Jesus is Toast
North of Cincinnati, Ohio is (was) a big $250k statue of “Jesus” at the Solid Rock Church (incidentally insured for $700k). The locally famous Jesus was dubbed “Butter Jesus” by comedian Heywood Banks, because of it’s off yellow color, in a song he wrote made famous on the Bob and Tom radio show that originates … Read more
Earth Movers working day and night to restore the beauty of Kayford Mountain – NOT
In an unprecedented turn of events, Alpha Energy has begun the multi-trillion dollar cleanup of Kayford Mountain by putting back all the “overburden” and valley fill that was pushed into nearby streams and valleys. They are estimating that if they work day and night that within 50 years they can rebuild the mountain, and make … Read more
Top Ten Reasons Coal is NOT dirty by WALT #10: “Clean” Coal Costs Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies
The U.S. government continues to aggressively fund coal-related projects despite all that is known about coal’s impacts on health, climate and the economy. The Department of Energy is currently seeking $648 million for “clean coal” projects in its 2009 budget request, “representing the largest budget request for coal RD&D in over 25 years.” Clean coal … Read more
Top Ten Reasons Coal is NOT dirty by WALT #9: “Clean” Coal Kills Freshwater Streams
The majority of these so called streams are nothing more than dry gullies which are less than a foot wide and six inches deep and only carry water during rain/snow events. If you really want to help the freshwater streams, let’s stop all raw sewage from being dumped into our streams.-WALT
Top Ten Reasons Coal is NOT dirty by WALT #8: “Clean” Coal Destroys Mountains
Can someone show me where they take 1,000 off a mountaintop? Can someone show me a mountain in Kentucky or West Virginia where there is 1,000 feet of relief from the hollow to the mountaintop? If you consider the same area for mountaintop mining, and underground mining you would realize that more jobs would be … Read more
Top Ten Reasons Coal is NOT dirty by WALT #6: “Clean” Coal Wastes Huge Quantities of Water
Are we running low on water? How much water is used to generate electricity in hydro-electric dams? Would you consider this a waste of water? Is the water really wasted, considering the amount of electricity generated by these coal fired power plants? Doesn’t ethanol also use huge amounts of water? – WALT
Top Ten Reasons Coal is NOT dirty by WALT #5: “Clean” Coal Kills Miners
This stat is misleading. The workers who died in 1992 of black lung more than likely started working in the mines in the early 60’s if not before. Even the workers who died in 2002 would have started in the early 70’s. – WALT ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Coal miners are at increased risk for developing lung diseases, … Read more
Top Ten Reasons Coal is NOT dirty by WALT#3: Burning “Clean” Coal Emits Mercury
Mercury emissions have been dropping and continue to drop. Compare the annual level of mercury emitted in 1970 and compare it to today level. -WALT
