Reply #3: False perceptions can only be countered with the truth.

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The reality is that coal is an abundant domestic fuel that is used to produce more than one-half of our electric power.

Make Coal Part Of The 21st Century Technology Solution. The Kerry-Edwards plan will ensure a role for this abundant domestic energy source and support the families and communities that depend on it. Coal can be part of the solution to the energy and environmental challenges we face, but we need to:

* Forge new ways to draw cleaner power from coal
* Provide leadership to lower the four leading power plant emissions - nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury, and carbon dioxide - through flexible, multi-emission mechanisms.
* Invest $10 billion over the next decade - a fivefold increase in funding - to transform the current generation of older coal plants to cleaner and more efficient coal-fired power plants.

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