Liquid Coal is a Bad Deal for Global Warming E action

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/724230939?z00m=9447423

We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:
Liquid Coal is a Bad Deal for Global Warming
Target: US House of Representatives; US Senate
Sponsor: Sierra Club



Although its proponents claim that liquid coal is a cure-all to our nation's energy problems, the truth is that liquid coal is plagued with economical and environmental downsides from the time coal is mined until long after the liquid is burned.

Liquid coal releases almost double the global warming emissions per gallon as regular gasoline, making a hybrid filled with liquid coal as dirty as a Hummer H3 running on regular gas.

Liquid coal also requires huge amounts of water, and would lead to an over 40% increase in coal mining just to replace a mere 10% of our nation's transportation fuels. Proponents of liquid coal also want the government to funnel billions in subsidies and tax breaks to artificially create an entirely new industry. Liquid coal is arguably the dirtiest, most expensive energy gamble we could take.

Liquid Coal is a Bad Deal for Global Warming - Tell Congress to find clean solutions to our energy needs!

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[razzleberry]

1. lots better than oil from the middle east ...

and the human suffering it brings

[NickB79]

2. Yes, because the human suffering of billions dead from global warming

Is dwarfed by the suffering we're currently seeing in the Middle East?

[philb]

3. Its not necessary to support Middle East Shieks/Elites to have access to the oil there

Its done for the benefit of big companies/elites in both U.S. and Middle East. If the oil assets were under public control for the benefit of the public at large there, the oil would still be available to the rest of the world. The deal between U.S. elites like the Bushes and Middle East elites, who are allowed to control the oil, is mainly to the benefit of the elites in both places, not the public in general.

[philb]

4. MIT/Scientific American: Liquid Coal a bad idea

Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=AC3B3CD6-E7F2-99DF-35CEAC00EA3535A2&chanID=sa006&colID=2