With an expansion or nuclear or wind we will need more peak capacity. We need all the NG peak power possible, fortunately most new power is wind or NG.

That way you’ll make everybody except King Coal and the railroads happy.

Convince Drs. Chu & Obama.

Burning natural gas releases only half as much CO2 as burning coal does. We could rapidly convert our 600 coal power plants to burn natural gas instead. The technology for this already exists and several coal plants around the country have already been converted to burn natural gas. The U.S. has huge reserves of natural gas and already has an extensive pipeline distribution system in place. Some claim the existing system couldn’t handle the extra load, but it will take some time to covert all the plants. There is enough capacity in the system right now to get started converting some of them and we could expand the supply and pipeline system rapidly while we were building more conversion kits for the remaining plants.

Burning coal in power plants accounts for roughly 24% of total U.S. emissions of CO2. By converting the plants to natural gas we could cut that down to 12% in just a few years, using existing technology, expertise, infrastructure and *jobs* already in place (and also create more jobs, of course). This would get us almost 3/4 of the way to the 17% Waxman-Markey target for 2020 and do it quickly with no pain — with nothing but economic gain for everyone (except for the coal industry, of course). By the time the natural gas started running low in 10 to 12 years, we would have bought ourselves the time to ramp up solar, wind, biomass, biofuel and yes, if it turns out to be absolutely necessary, maybe even a few carefully-considered and sited nuclear power plants. This plan is a win-win for everyone except the coal industry.

I have been advocating this transitional solution for some time now, but no one seems very interested in the idea. It feels like the clean power movement has its own political agenda and pet solutions and that something this simple, quick, relatively cheap and generally politically acceptable to the “other side” doesn’t fit in with the plan.

It will be only a matter of time (18 months or so) that the reality that is has to happen will be apparent here in North America and Europe.

Look at Australia (and to some extent China) where Hell and High Water has arrived!

Pray while we roast.

This seems like a truly original, creative real world solution!

Thanks Francis!

Postings have been made at TheDestructionOfTheEarth.Wordpress.com concerning such destruction and perversion and also concerning The Creator’s(GOD, Father) promise that HE will “destroy those who destroy the earth(HIS Creation)!” (Rev11:18c)

Yet there is a Living, Lively Hope!

However, such Hope is not for that which is of the earth, earthly and fleshly, but there is a Living, Lively Hope for that which is Spirit, Heavenly and Spiritual.

Hope for that which is Spirit is Alive because “progress”, which is the product of mankind’s “imag”ination, can pervert, yet not destroy that which is Spirit! For that which is Spirit is Real, and that which is Real is Forever!

So no matter how perverse this world’s systems of religion become, that which is Spirit can only be abused and perverted, not destroyed!

That which is Spirit is Eternal…….

As for that which is called “religion”.

“Pure religion and undefiled before GOD The Father(Creator) is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.” (James 1:27)

Simply, every other religion is impure and defiled!

As stated previously, “that which is called “”progress” is of mankind’s “imag”ination and can pervert, yet not destroy, that which is Spirit”, and so it is that this world, and it’s systems of religion, have their version of “Light”, which can be turned on and off;

Their version of “Truth”, which is of the “imag”ination;

Their version of “Love”, which should be called lust;

Their version of “Peace”, which needs be enforced;

Their version of “Hope”, which is but a desire for temporal “things”;

Their version of “Faith”, which is powerless;

Their version of “Grace”, which is the liberty to “do your own thing”;

And sadly, the favorite color of this world’s religion is gray ;-(

So come out of the shadows! And as is said by many, “Get Real”!

Once again, “only that which is Spirit is Real, and only that which is Real is Forever”!

Hope is there would be those who “see” that The Life is in and of The Spirit. Those who “see” will no longer have their portion with the multitudes who are destroying the earth(and, air, water, creatures, vegetation) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Hope, Faith, Grace, etc.) ;-(

Simply, each breath(Spirit) you take is a revelation of The Source of Life.

And “A Simple and Spiritual Life is the only Life that will survive!”

Forever…….

So “set your affections on Heavenly things” and be not of those “whose god is their bellies because they mind earthly things”. Be not of those who “love this world and it’s things” and who are “progress”ively destroying the earth(land, air, water, vegetation, creatures) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Hope, Faith, Grace, etc.)…….

Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this world and it’s systems of religion, for “The WHOLE world is under the control of the evil one” (1John5:19) indeed and Truth…….

Truth is never ending……. TheDestructionOfTheEarth.Wordpress.Com

Here’s a clip: “However, while experiments on natural ecosystems have also found initial elevations in the rate of plant growth, these have tended to level off within a few years. In most cases this has been found to be the result of some other limiting factor, such as the availability of nitrogen or water.”

Then, James, look at the findings of Duke University ecologist Robert Jackson and USDA Agricultural Research Service researchers, “End of ‘free ride’ on ecosystem CO2 absorption,” May 15, 2002
http://www.eurekalert.org/ pub_releases/ 2002-05/ du-eo051502.php

A quote: “We found that many of the plants’ physiological processes responded fairly linearly to increases in carbon dioxide, and plant production went up,” said Jackson. “However, production and soil carbon storage basically saturated above 400 parts per million, a CO2 concentration very close to the current one.

“For me, this was the most interesting part of the study, because it indicates that we are now right at a threshold where the benefits of extra CO2 may not be all that great.” Particularly important, said Jackson, were the measures of soil nitrogen availability. Soil bacteria metabolize organic matter, mobilizing nitrogen as ammonia and nitrate, which serves as the plants’ nitrogen nutrient source

“Our measurements showed that soil nitrogen decreased about threefold in a nonlinear way, such that as CO2 went up, available nitrogen went down,” said Jackson. “So that’s where the fundamental nutrient limitation of the system occurred. The decrease in nitrogen availability apparently constrains the ability of the plants to use extra CO2. ”

And, James, stop and think about what the elevated level of atmospheric CO2 is doing to increase the acidity of our oceans. This science is disputed by no one, not even the most strident climate change deniers.