Envirominded wrote on December 02, 2008 02:14 PM: Hey Harry, you know what doesn't have 'extremely high greenhouse gas emissions?' Nuclear power ... and there create good jobs, too.

Fair and Balanced Fred on "HELENWEILS" wrote on November 26, 2008 07:15 PM: Just so everyone knows:

HELENWEILS is an apocalyptic Christian nut, likely paranoid personality disorder, who cites Nostradamus {I kid you not) and mainly supports ever increasing welfare for Israel to fulfill her vision of Jesus coming back and taking over.

Makes sense to me.

Harry Reid is being paid by someone!? wrote on November 26, 2008 04:23 PM: Harry Reid constantly trying to curtail clean coal-fired power is troubling to me. I think he's being paid under the table by some other entity.
When did crazy Harry Reid become such an expert in environmental science???
If he'd shut his trap for once I think the world would be a much better place!!!

Lars Ulno wrote on November 26, 2008 04:16 PM: "If you don't like the way we do things in this country, I suggest you leave."

Wow, way to demonstrate your vaunted ideals. I somehow think China and its dictatorship would be a better fit for you.

Nuc em Todd wrote on November 26, 2008 02:01 PM:

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Geothermal Toxic Waste a Problem wrote on November 26, 2008 01:38 PM: Geothermal sites often are located in protected wilderness areas that environmentalists do not want disturbed.

The level of emissions from geothermal are quite varied and depend on both the geothermal resource as the technology used and the geography.

Geothermal plants require injecting "highly toxic acids" into virgin geothermal wells to increase geothermal power production. That will create groundwater pollution and pose a threat to trout and other wildlife in the regional watershed.

In some applications there can be CO2 emissions, heavy requirements for cooling water--as much as 100,000 gallons per MW per day--hydrogen sulfide emissions, waste disposal issues with dissolved solids, and even toxic waste.

Geothermal power plants tend to emit hydrogen sulfide (H2S)--which is toxic at fairly low levels--and mercury
Whatever is not reinjected into the ground can cause local groundwater pollution. geothermal plants would require excavating RCRA toxic hazardous waste sumps.

Geothermal fluids are always foul smelling--they smell like very rotten eggs due to the H2S. The fluids are highly brackish and contain high levels of heavy metals."

Geothermal power plants are linked to increased seismic activity. The folks in Anderson, California, and other areas surrounding Geysers steamfield, the world's largest developed geothermal field, have fairly complained about induced seismicity brought about by geothermal operations. The seismic activity results when reinjected materials replace extracted steam.

laughing wrote wrote on November 26, 2008 01:35 PM: laughing wrote

If you don't like the way we do things in this country, I suggest you leave.

I guess that sums up how the Obama crowd feels about minority taxpaying ratepaying 47%.

laughing wrote on November 26, 2008 12:43 PM: These comments are so funny. All of you "nattering nabobs of negativism" probably voted for Bush, right? When will you learn that your ideas are ridiculous? If you don't like the way we do things in this country, I suggest you leave. If you don't like regulation of pollution and smart growth, go to China. The conservative/libertarian way of doing things has ruined this country, and we are on a course for change!

Ugly American wrote on November 26, 2008 11:24 AM: As far as I know, none of the coal plants have set aside money for power lines to Vegas.

They were all designed to send power to California.

We would get the fallout and they would get the power.

Do you still wanna pay for them?

Yes I said fallout. On a power for power basis, coal plants release more radioactivity than nuclear plants because they burn millions of tons of coal each every year (7M tons estimated for the Eli plant). They also release mercury and other heavy metals as well as sulfur that acidifies the rain decreaseing crop and fish yields.

The DOE and MIT have shown that Nevada is one of the very best places in the entire world for geothermal and solar energy. By contrast, all our coal has to be brought in from other states.

Nevada can be and should be a solar and geothermal power exporter.

Jeff S wrote on November 26, 2008 11:11 AM: Did Dirty Harry get an "Air Permit" for all of his carbon dioxide emissions?

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