DISCLAIMER: Update 15 May, 2007: I am not going to delete this entry because that would be cheating, BUT if you believe the BBC then apparently Clean Coal is, uh, ok- although I am still against coal as a fuel source. Ok, backt to my ranting post:


Post Titled: If only GE was fucking joking this would be hilarious, but instead it is just creepy, sad, and horrifying.


Thanks Michelle!
So, as was brought to my attention (since I just happen to have turn-of-the-LAST-century coal heating myself) there is this coal campaign GE is doing in the states: See video HERE. at the bottom of the page

Ok, seriously... claiming coal as a eco-friendly energy source, GE needs to stop smoking crack immediately. Unless there is something magical about coal, some crazy process so that when it burns it gives off pure sunlight and fresh air rather than poisionous GAS then how the hell can they actually promote this idea???

I will continue to try to make sense of this ... this... belch in logic.

Update: Ok, after reading everything on their website about teh process, which is full of statements like:
"GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner."
It is still coal, and still dirty, so why invest time and resources in it AT ALL? I see the argument, but it just isn't justified... I mean, sure somethign like this is better than NOTHING, but it seems like a weak sort of compromise...
DISCLAIMER: (posted May 3, 2007): "Clean Coal Fuels, a company specialising in the development of next-generation Coal-To-Liquids plants. ACCF’s first facility, in central-eastern Illinois, will cleanly convert 4.3 million tons per year of coal into 28,000 barrels per day of ultra-clean diesel fuel. Stephen will discuss the current state of the rapidly growing US CTL industry, and its potential as a near-term readily deployable large-scale “bridge solution” alternative to oil as a major source of new ultra-clean transportation fuels. Additionally, he will explore the potential for CTL-related deployment of new “bridge” and “clean tech” technologies at CTL plants, such as use of CO2 off-gas for production of micro-algae biodiesel feedstock, CO2 sequestration for enhanced oil recovery, and eventual use of renewable biomass feedstocks in lieu of coal."

lies, truth? dunno. coal is coal- or is it?