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[Javaman]

"As far as coal goes, as long as it's clean burning, the only by-products are carbon dioxide and water. What's that... two things plants need to survive? No way! The only problems I have with clean coal are the ways that it is collected."

do you know about mountain top removal?

http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/mtr_overview/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining


As long as it's clean burning?????

Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste

Environmental impacts of coal power:
air pollution (Union of Concerned Scientists)

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/coalvswind/c02c.html

There is absolutely no such thing as clean burning coal. Please stop believing the total and complete BS that is being pushed by the coal industry.

If you like I can give you mountains upon mountains of information that further proves this point.