DOE: Back to the Future with Coal

June 30, 2020

DOE is proud that through a new initiative called Coal FIRST, we are laying the groundwork for tomorrow’s coal plants. “FIRST” stands for flexible, innovative, resilient, small, and transformative. We want these plants to be emissions-free. pic.twitter.com/wmAFlmuqc3
— Energy Department (@ENERGY) June 26, 2020

Dumbing down of vital US agencies has to be reversed.

vote.

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14 Responses to “DOE: Back to the Future with Coal”

dumboldguy Says:

June 30, 2020 at 8:32 pm
Coal FIRST! JFC! This is almost beyond words. What a waste of money by the DOE to assemble this slick load of bullshit, lies, and distortion. Yet another mortal sin by the Trump administration in its failed response to climate change.

(and just more proof that COAL is not going away any time soon—-besides here in the USA, look at the news from China and India for proof of that)

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Brent Jensen-Schmidt Says:

June 30, 2020 at 10:12 pm
OH SHIT!

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- rhymeswithgoalie Says:
  
  July 1, 2020 at 1:49 pm
  Don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
  
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Doug "social distancing" Alder (@DougAlder) Says:

July 1, 2020 at 12:48 am
Notice the out – “we want these plants to be emissions free” not possible with coal but WTH – it’s the “we wat” that’s the out – leave an escape hatch a Mack truck could drive through.

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Sir Charles Says:

July 1, 2020 at 2:29 am
The only emission free coal is the coal which is kept in the ground.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-coal-use-must-plummet-this-decade-to-keep-global-warming-below-1-5c

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- Sir Charles Says:
  
  July 1, 2020 at 2:41 am
  Global transition from coal to clean energy has reached a financial tipping point
  
  https://reneweconomy.com.au/global-transition-from-coal-to-clean-energy-has-reached-a-financial-tipping-point-25856/
  
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  - Sir Charles Says:
    
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    - dumboldguy Says:
      
      July 1, 2020 at 9:41 am
      DUH yet again. It is obvious that COAL is not going away anytime soon—it has the support of governments and the corporations who are spending lots of dirty money. Do you think these projects are going to be stopped by petitions and letters from citizens scattered around the world? That may work on more localized and smaller issues, but not on COAL. Wake the F up.
      
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- dumboldguy Says:
  
  July 1, 2020 at 9:35 am
  And the only inane and downright stupid remark that doesn’t elicit “DUH’s” from the more enlightened is the remark that isn’t posted in the first place. Will Chucky ever learn?
  
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Sir Charles Says:

July 1, 2020 at 2:32 am
The CAT would rate the existing US target under the Paris Agreement “Insufficient”, as it is not stringent enough to limit warming to 2°C, let alone 1.5˚C. However, given the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which nullifies the target, we rate the US “Critically insufficient.”

https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/

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- dumboldguy Says:
  
  July 1, 2020 at 9:36 am
  DUH again—-is this news to anyone here?
  
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doldrom Says:

July 1, 2020 at 4:26 am
Ha Ha. There’s some post-Truth for you. Half arrogant, half devil may care.

We’re getting more and more of this kind of outright contempt and provocation.

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Keith McClary Says:

July 1, 2020 at 2:53 pm
DOE Wants to Fund ‘Small Modular Coal Plants.’ What Does That Mean?
Small modular coal plants could represent a “paradigm shift,” according to a DOE official.
JULIA PYPER MARCH 08, 2018
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/trump-doe-small-modular-coal-plants-what-does-that-mean

One thing this article does not discuss is how to get the coal to the small plant. You would still need rail access and offloading facility, unless you’re going to truck it in.

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Anthony William O'brien Says:

July 1, 2020 at 11:49 pm
Coal is going away, no amount of government bullshit can change that. No sane investor is going to put money into a coal fired plant. New coal cannot compete, old coal cannot even compete on the marginal costs.

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