29th Oct 2006
Toto needs your email.
I’m really not into traditional electricity. Electricity is generated mostly at plants fueled by coal. And coal is just gross. By gross, I mean that burning coal releases carbon dioxide, which we all know is a greenhouse gas. Coal is nasty. It’s just about the dirtiest fuel around other than say nuclear energy, which keeps trying to slip in under the label of “alternative.” Yeah, it’s an alternative. A really bad alternative. Anyhoo, back to coal-burning electrical plants….
Despite saying that she will pursue renewable sources of energy, the governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius has pursued the option of opening three electricity plants rather than any wind generated electricity.
If built, the plants will belch out about 13 millions of carbon dioxide a year, to become the largest new source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Global warming, anyone? These plants would be the equivalent of putting an additional 2 million additional gas-powered cars, light trucks and SUVs on the road. And the expansion could increase the mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants in Kansas by up to 80%.
Read the article at Treehugger. You can email Kathleen Sebelius here. I just did.
