Hazards of Coal Burning was RE: Hydrogen as SCAM?

From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 15:55:53 MST

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    >> Certainly NOT true, the atmospheric irritants emmited by the
    combustion of coal, including

    Sulphur dioxide (SO2) - respiratory disorders, impaired breathing
    Nitrous oxide (NOx) - respiratory disorders, infections, pulmonary
    diseases
    Carbon monoxide (CO) - fatal angina, various other effects
    Ozone (O3) - respiratory disorders, impaired breathing, asthma, edema
    Particulate matter (PM10) - various toxic particle (organic matter,
    carbon, mineral dusts, metal oxides and sulphates and nitrate salts)
    effects, main
    mortality factor due to fossil fuels
    Toxic substances, heavy metals - specific substance effects

    are estimated by the the WHO in its 1997 report on sustainable
    development, to account for 6% of the total 50 million annual global
    deaths. That's approximately 3 million deaths *every year* from
    atmospheric pollutants released from the combustion of fossil fuels.
    These are real people dying real painful deaths every year. 3 million.
    Outdoor air pollution in the U.S. due to particulate pollution alone was
    estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1997 to cause
    at least 20,000 premature deaths each year. 3rd world countries, many
    of which cook on wood or dung fired stoves, fare much worse.

    (3) The by-products of coal mining can be put back without any hazard
    for the biosphere.

    Except for the billions of tons of harmful chemicals and radioactive
    uranium dumped into the air. Sure you got your facts straight on
    nuclear power?

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    I was under the impression that anyone who burned large volumes of coal
    now was required to have
    scrubbers in their smoke stacks that remove particalate matter from the
    emissions.

    I could agree with the danger in third world countries but we had the
    technology for several years to clean up the emissions.

    Do you know for a fact that the coal burning power plants do not use
    this technology?

    I know the scrubbers are expensive but I would be surprised if the EPA
    was not requiring this now.





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