Comments on: Green Progress Report: Obama at Five Months http://earth911.com/blog/2009/07/06/green-progress-report-obama-at-five-months/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Apollo Daily Digest » Blog Archive » July 7, 2009: U.S. Lags Other G8 Nations On Climate Change http://earth911.com/blog/2009/07/06/green-progress-report-obama-at-five-months/comment-page-1/#comment-30388 Apollo Daily Digest » Blog Archive » July 7, 2009: U.S. Lags Other G8 Nations On Climate Change Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:24:06 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=20196#comment-30388 [...] recaps the Obama administration’s energy and environmental achievements of the last five [...] [...] recaps the Obama administration’s energy and environmental achievements of the last five [...]

]]> By: john http://earth911.com/blog/2009/07/06/green-progress-report-obama-at-five-months/comment-page-1/#comment-30058 john Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:53:13 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=20196#comment-30058 Progress! Progress!

]]> By: Kirk http://earth911.com/blog/2009/07/06/green-progress-report-obama-at-five-months/comment-page-1/#comment-30051 Kirk Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:02:43 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=20196#comment-30051 I'm with roselle, being under the impression O folks passed on Bush MTR bullshit, and I haven't heard how shale and tar sand oil have been addressed, except that they're exempted from EPA carbon assessments. What am I missing? I’m with roselle, being under the impression O folks passed on Bush MTR bullshit, and I haven’t heard how shale and tar sand oil have been addressed, except that they’re exempted from EPA carbon assessments.

What am I missing?

]]> By: Sid Abma http://earth911.com/blog/2009/07/06/green-progress-report-obama-at-five-months/comment-page-1/#comment-30049 Sid Abma Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:43:09 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=20196#comment-30049 A few weeks ago the EIA informed the country that because of new methods of recovering natural gas, our natural gas reserves increased by 35%. That is a lot of natural gas. Natural gas is our "clean burning fuel", and by only converting these coal fired power plants to natural gas would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1/2. Natural gas is delivered to site by pipeline and not by train. Natural gas leaves no ash that needs to be removed by truck or train. Natural gas is also our fuel source that is available here and does not have to be imported from those countries that don't really like us anyway. Natural gas is also a fuel that can be combusted and utilized to over 90% energy efficiency. It can be emitted into the atmosphere at temperaturs below 100 degrees F. The technology has been available for over 25 years to accompish this, but because natural gas was and is still a cheap fuel our governments and industry were not concerned about energy efficiency of this fuel. We also were not concerned until just a few years ago about greenhouse gas emissions. Because times have changed, the the use of natural gas and using it efficiently must be promoted more. If industry consumes natural gas more efficiently, their operating costs will be less, and their profit margins will increase. This will not bring up the cost of the goods that they produce as many fear. If the natural gas power plants also apply the technology of "condensing flue gas heat recovery" the heat that is recovered from their waste exhaust gases could also benefit a neighboring industry with heated process water, reducing their costs. Enough energy has been wasted for enough years. It's time to apply Energy Efficiency everywhere possible. It will make a difference. A few weeks ago the EIA informed the country that because of new methods of recovering natural gas, our natural gas reserves increased by 35%. That is a lot of natural gas.
Natural gas is our “clean burning fuel”, and by only converting these coal fired power plants to natural gas would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1/2. Natural gas is delivered to site by pipeline and not by train. Natural gas leaves no ash that needs to be removed by truck or train.
Natural gas is also our fuel source that is available here and does not have to be imported from those countries that don’t really like us anyway.
Natural gas is also a fuel that can be combusted and utilized to over 90% energy efficiency. It can be emitted into the atmosphere at temperaturs below 100 degrees F. The technology has been available for over 25 years to accompish this, but because natural gas was and is still a cheap fuel our governments and industry were not concerned about energy efficiency of this fuel. We also were not concerned until just a few years ago about greenhouse gas emissions.
Because times have changed, the the use of natural gas and using it efficiently must be promoted more.
If industry consumes natural gas more efficiently, their operating costs will be less, and their profit margins will increase. This will not bring up the cost of the goods that they produce as many fear.
If the natural gas power plants also apply the technology of “condensing flue gas heat recovery” the heat that is recovered from their waste exhaust gases could also benefit a neighboring industry with heated process water, reducing their costs.
Enough energy has been wasted for enough years. It’s time to apply Energy Efficiency everywhere possible. It will make a difference.

]]> By: roselle http://earth911.com/blog/2009/07/06/green-progress-report-obama-at-five-months/comment-page-1/#comment-29998 roselle Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:42:38 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=20196#comment-29998 The Obama administration has done nothing to stop mountaintop removal mining for coal. Nothing. Indeed the EPA has approved over 60 new permits for MTR mines in Kentucky and West Virginia. The President has the power to do this horrible practice, and blowing up mountains and dumping the wastes into creeks and valleys is already illegal under the Clean Water Act. Obama is afraid of the coal industry, and because of this fear we are getting a climate bill which will do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How can we Americans allow our government to be help hostage by the largest polluters on the planet? The Obama administration has done nothing to stop mountaintop removal mining for coal. Nothing. Indeed the EPA has approved over 60 new permits for MTR mines in Kentucky and West Virginia. The President has the power to do this horrible practice, and blowing up mountains and dumping the wastes into creeks and valleys is already illegal under the Clean Water Act. Obama is afraid of the coal industry, and because of this fear we are getting a climate bill which will do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How can we Americans allow our government to be help hostage by the largest polluters on the planet?

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