Coal Use On The Rise

                                    

This Wall Street Journal article points out that coal usage in the United States increased faster than power output last year. While electricity use rose by 1.6 percent from 2006 to 2007, coal use increased by 1.95 percent.

As you can see, coal is stepping up to the plate and showing its ability to provide America with affordable power for a long, long time.

Remember: the United States has more coal than any other fuel. And we've got more coal than the rest of the world combined has oil.

I was actually quoted in that article. For those of you who don't have a Wall Street Journal subscription... I said the power industry has made tremendous gains in reducing many pollutants from power plants and that "we recognize the next challenge is carbon dioxide."

                               

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[roman]

all comments disappeared, what's going on?

[David at ACCCE]

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